Guitar chords · Six-nine
E6/9 chord on guitar
E6/9 (E six-nine) has five notes: E, G♯, B, C♯ and F♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 6 and 9.
Shapes
How to play E6/9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
E6/9 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
A shape · fret 7
Notes and formula
What makes E6/9 six-nine
A 6/9 chord adds both the 6th and the 9th to a major A three-note chord stacked in 3rds: a root, a 3rd and a 5th. Major, minor, diminished and augmented chords are triads., with no 7th. It sounds rich but settled, so it often ends a song in jazz and bossa nova. Keep the 3rd, the 6th and the 9th; the 5th can go.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd, the 6th and the 9th make E6/9 a six-nine chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ERroot
- G♯3essential
- B5optional
- C♯6essential
- F♯9essential
- E, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with E6/9
E6/9 belongs to six keys: A major (V6/9), E major (I6/9), B major (IV6/9), F♯ minor (VII6/9), C♯ minor (III6/9) and G♯ minor (VI6/9).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Same root
Other chords on E
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- E major
- Em minor
- E7 dominant 7th
- Emaj7 major 7th
- Em7 minor 7th
- Esus2 suspended 2nd
- Esus4 suspended 4th
- E6 major 6th
- Em6 minor 6th
- Eadd9 add 9
- E9 dominant 9th
- Emaj9 major 9th
- Em9 minor 9th
- E13 dominant 13th
- Emaj13 major 13th
- Em11 minor 11th
- E° diminished
- Em7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- E°7 diminished 7th
- E+ augmented
- E5 power chord
- E7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Em(maj7) minor major 7th
- Em(add9) minor add 9
- E7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
E6/9, in short
- What notes are in the E6/9 chord?
- E6/9 (E six-nine) has five notes: E, G♯, B, C♯ and F♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 6 and 9.
- How do you play E6/9 on guitar?
- E6/9 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7.
- What key is E6/9 in?
- E6/9 belongs to six keys: A major (V6/9), E major (I6/9), B major (IV6/9), F♯ minor (VII6/9), C♯ minor (III6/9) and G♯ minor (VI6/9).