Major family
E♭ added ninth chord
E♭add9E♭ added ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 3
Lay your index flat across strings 3 to 1 at fret 3.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- E♭1
- ♭2
- F9
- ♭3
- G3
- 4
- ♭5
- B♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- E♭ Root
- G Major 3rd
- B♭ Perfect 5th
- F Major 9th
About this chord
What is an E♭ added ninth chord?
E♭add9 is built from 4 notes: E♭ (the root), G (the 3), B♭ (the 5), F (the 9). A major triad with a shimmering ninth, without the seventh.
- Notes
- E♭ · G · B♭ · F
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 9
- Also written
- E♭add2
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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