Guitar chords · Minor add 9
Em(add9) chord on guitar
Em(add9) (E minor 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 Em(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.
Em(add9) 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 Em(add9) minor add 9
A minor add9 chord is a minor chord with the 9th added and no 7th. The 9th sits a Two half steps, or two frets on the guitar, such as C to D. above the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., giving the minor chord a wistful, ringing colour heard in ballads and film music.
- 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 Em(add9) a minor add 9 chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ERroot
- G♭3essential
- B5optional
- F♯9essential
- E, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with Em(add9)
Em(add9) belongs to four keys: G major (vi(add9)), D major (ii(add9)), E minor (i(add9)) and B minor (iv(add9)).
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
Em(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 Em(add9) on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Em(add9)/G
Em(add9) with its ♭3rd, G, in the bass.
- Em(add9)/B
Em(add9) with its 5th, B, 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
- 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
- E6/9 six-nine
- E7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Em(add9), in short
- What notes are in the Em(add9) chord?
- Em(add9) (E minor 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 Em(add9) on guitar?
- Em(add9) 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 Em(add9) in?
- Em(add9) belongs to four keys: G major (vi(add9)), D major (ii(add9)), E minor (i(add9)) and B minor (iv(add9)).