Guitar chords · Dominant 9th
E9 chord on guitar
E9 (E The 5th degree of a key and the chord on it (V). It creates tension that wants to resolve home to the tonic. 9th) has five notes: E, G♯, B, D 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, ♭7 and 9.
Shapes
How to play E9
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.
E9 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 E9 dominant 9th
A The 5th degree of a key and the chord on it (V). It creates tension that wants to resolve home to the tonic. 9th chord is a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. chord with the 9th stacked on top. It keeps the A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords.'s pull to the chord a 5th below but sounds fuller and smoother: the sound of funk, soul and the blues. Keep the 3rd, the ♭7th 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 ♭7th and the 9th make E9 a The 5th degree of a key and the chord on it (V). It creates tension that wants to resolve home to the tonic. 9th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ERroot
- G♯3essential
- B5optional
- D♭7essential
- F♯9essential
- E, the root
- Other chord tones
E9 usually resolves to A or Am, the chord a 5th below: the V9–I move.
Keys
Keys with E9
E9 belongs to two keys: A major (V9) and F♯ minor (VII9).
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
Slash chords
E9 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps E9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- E9/G♯
E9 with its 3rd, G♯, in the bass.
- E9/B
E9 with its 5th, B, in the bass.
- E9/D
E9 with its ♭7th, D, in the bass.
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
- 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
- E6/9 six-nine
- Em(add9) minor add 9
- E7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
E9, in short
- What notes are in the E9 chord?
- E9 (E The 5th degree of a key and the chord on it (V). It creates tension that wants to resolve home to the tonic. 9th) has five notes: E, G♯, B, D 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, ♭7 and 9.
- How do you play E9 on guitar?
- E9 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 E9 in?
- E9 belongs to two keys: A major (V9) and F♯ minor (VII9).