Guitar chords · Add 9
E♭add9 chord on guitar (Ebadd9)
E♭add9 (E♭ add 9) has four notes: E♭, G, B♭ 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 and 9.
Shapes
How to play E♭add9
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.
E♭add9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 6. A 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. 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.
A shape · fret 6
Notes and formula
What makes E♭add9 add 9
An add9 chord is a major chord with the 9th (the 2nd, an The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. up) added on top. Unlike a sus2, it keeps its 3rd, so it still sounds major, just brighter and more open.
- 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 and the 9th make E♭add9 an add 9 chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- E♭Rroot
- G3essential
- B♭5optional
- F9essential
- E♭, the root
- Other chord tones
E♭add9 and D♯add9 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with E♭add9
E♭add9 belongs to six keys: A♭ major (Vadd9), E♭ major (Iadd9), B♭ major (IVadd9), F minor (VIIadd9), C minor (IIIadd9) and G minor (VIadd9).
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
E♭add9 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 E♭add9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- E♭add9/G
E♭add9 with its 3rd, G, in the bass.
- E♭add9/B♭
E♭add9 with its 5th, B♭, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on D♯ / 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
- E♭m minor
- E♭7 dominant 7th
- E♭maj7 major 7th
- E♭m7 minor 7th
- E♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- E♭sus4 suspended 4th
- E♭6 major 6th
- E♭m6 minor 6th
- E♭9 dominant 9th
- E♭maj9 major 9th
- E♭m9 minor 9th
- E♭13 dominant 13th
- E♭maj13 major 13th
- E♭m11 minor 11th
- D♯° diminished
- D♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- D♯°7 diminished 7th
- E♭+ augmented
- E♭5 power chord
- E♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- E♭m(maj7) minor major 7th
- E♭6/9 six-nine
- E♭m(add9) minor add 9
- E♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
E♭add9, in short
- What notes are in the E♭add9 chord?
- E♭add9 (E♭ add 9) has four notes: E♭, G, B♭ 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 and 9.
- How do you play E♭add9 on guitar?
- E♭add9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 6.
- What key is E♭add9 in?
- E♭add9 belongs to six keys: A♭ major (Vadd9), E♭ major (Iadd9), B♭ major (IVadd9), F minor (VIIadd9), C minor (IIIadd9) and G minor (VIadd9).
- Is E♭add9 the same as D♯add9?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. E♭add9 is the spelling in A♭ major, E♭ major, B♭ major, F minor, C minor and G minor. No key on the circle spells it D♯add9, so you will rarely see that name.