Minor family
E minor ninth chord
Em9E minor 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- E1
- ♭2
- F♯9
- G♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- B5
- ♯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?
Em9 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
- Emin9 · E-9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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