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E minor major seven flat nine chord

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About the E minor major seven flat nine chord

E minor major seven flat nine sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension. Think of it as an E minor-major seventh flat nine chord.

Its notes are E, G, B, D, and F. The intervals are a minor third, a perfect fifth, a major seventh, and a minor ninth.

Positions

No stored guitar shape for this voicing yet. Build it from E, G, B, D♯, F.

Notes and intervals

1ERoot
2GMinor 3rd
3BPerfect 5th
4D sharpMajor 7th
5FMinor 9th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other E chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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EmMaj7♭9 chord on guitar shown as colored note dots
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