Minor family
E♭ minor ninth chord
E♭m9E♭ minor ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 4
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
- G♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- B♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- D♭♭7
- 7
- E♭ Root
- G♭ Minor 3rd
- B♭ Perfect 5th
- D♭ Minor 7th
- F Major 9th
About this chord
What is an E♭ minor ninth chord?
E♭m9 is built from 5 notes: E♭ (the root), G♭ (the ♭3), B♭ (the 5), D♭ (the ♭7), F (the 9). The minor seventh with a ninth: deep, soft and modern.
- Notes
- E♭ · G♭ · B♭ · D♭ · F
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 9
- Also written
- E♭min9 · E♭-9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain E♭m9
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