Major family
E♭ major ninth chord
E♭maj9E♭ major ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 5
No barre: each note has its own finger.
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
- D7
- E♭ Root
- G Major 3rd
- B♭ Perfect 5th
- D Major 7th
- F Major 9th
About this chord
What is an E♭ major ninth chord?
E♭maj9 is built from 5 notes: E♭ (the root), G (the 3), B♭ (the 5), D (the 7), F (the 9). The major seventh with a ninth on top: lush and spacious.
- Notes
- E♭ · G · B♭ · D · F
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 9
- Also written
- E♭Δ9 · E♭M9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain E♭maj9
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