Emadd9 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
All chords More E chordsEmadd9 can be seen as an E minor triad with an added ninth (F#) and is comparable to Emadd2. It is usually played as an open chord, and sometimes it's played as a barre chord or closed chord as a movable shape.
The chord consists of four notes. The notes represent the root, minor third, perfect fifth and major ninth intervals. Notice that the seventh isn't included and also that the fifth sometimes can be omitted.
Emadd9 is an abbreviation for E minor added ninth. A less common abbreviation is Emin add9.
The notes that the Emadd9 chord consists of are E, G, B and F#.
Em7 - G6 - Emadd9
1st inversion: Emadd9/G (means that G is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Emadd9/B (means that B is the bass note).
3rd inversion: Emadd9/F# (means that F# is the bass note).
Emadd9(no5) is an E minor added 9th with no fifth (B).