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Fig. 1 · E9 · open

guitar chord

E9

E1G♯3B5D♭7F♯9

A dominant seventh carrying a ninth on top.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

020102

open

Fig. 3

020132

moderate

Fig. 4

054404

moderate

Fig. 5

024130

moderate

Fig. 6

050474

moderate

What is true of it

E9 is E, G♯, B, D and F♯ — 1, 3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from E.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 020102: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are E, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

E9/G♯

454400

second inversion

E9/B

x20102

third inversion

E9/D

xx0102

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

E in other shapes

Eadd9added ninthEmaj9major ninthEm9minor ninthEmajorEmminorEdimdiminished

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