Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E9E Dominant 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

E9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 1 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 3 1 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (1 3 1 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

E9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 0 1 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 0 1 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 x 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 0 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 1 2 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 2 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 3 1 2 x 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (1 3 1 2 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How E9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭5

Same notes asE7(add9)

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