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Em9 chord

E Minor 9th

Em9 · Root

1E4b3G45B4b7D59F#5
C41b35C5b7C69

Every chord tone stacked from the root up.

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Notes

E – G – B – D – F♯

Formula

1 – b3 – 5 – b7 – 9

Practice Note

A minor ninth commonly serves as a minor ii or tonic color, with Dorian or Aeolian providing the scale context. It may resolve to a dominant when used as ii; pianists often omit the 5th, and sometimes the root with bass.

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Em7 · SimplerEm11 · RicherEm13 · RicherEmMaj9 · SiblingA13 · Next in ii–VDmaj9 · ii–V–I target

About Em9

The Em9 chord sounds silky smooth and deeply expressive. Its notes are E, G, B, D, F#. This chord is commonly heard in jazz, and R&B and soul.

JazzR&B / Soul
All E chords (61)

Triads

E — MajorEm — MinorEdim — DiminishedEaug — AugmentedEsus2 — Suspended 2ndEsus4 — Suspended 4thE5 — Power Chord

7ths

E7 — Dominant 7thEmaj7 — Major 7thEm7 — Minor 7thEm7#5 — Minor 7th Sharp 5Edim7 — Diminished 7thEm7b5 — Half-Diminished 7thE6 — Major 6thEm6 — Minor 6thE7sus4 — Dominant 7th Sus4E7sus2 — Dominant 7th Sus2

Extended

E9 — Dominant 9thEmaj9 — Major 9thEadd9 — Add 9Eadd11 — Add 11Eadd2 — Add 2Eadd#11 — Add Sharp 11E11 — Dominant 11thE13 — Dominant 13thE6/9 — 6/9Emaj13 — Major 13thEm(add2) — Minor Add 2Em(add9) — Minor Add 9Em(add11) — Minor Add 11EmMaj7 — Minor Major 7thEm11 — Minor 11thEm13 — Minor 13thEm6/9 — Minor 6/9E7#11 — Dominant 7th Sharp 11E9#11 — Dominant 9th Sharp 11E13#11 — Dominant 13th Sharp 11E9sus4 — Dominant 9th Sus4E13sus4 — Dominant 13th Sus4Emaj7#11 — Major 7th Sharp 11Emaj9#11 — Major 9th Sharp 11EmMaj9 — Minor Major 9thEm9b5 — Half-Diminished 9th

Altered

E7#9 — Dominant 7th Sharp 9E7b9#9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9 Sharp 9E13#9 — Dominant 13th Sharp 9E7b9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9E7#5 — Dominant 7th Sharp 5E7b5 — Dominant 7th Flat 5E7alt — Altered DominantE7#9#5 — Dominant 7th #9 #5E7b9b5 — Dominant 7th b9 b5E7#9b5 — Dominant 7th #9 b5E7sus4b9 — Dominant 7th Sus4 Flat 9E9#5 — Dominant 9th Sharp 5E9b5 — Dominant 9th Flat 5E13b9 — Dominant 13th Flat 9E7b13 — Dominant 7th Flat 13Eaug7 — Augmented 7thEdim(maj7) — Diminished Major 7thEaugMaj7 — Augmented Major 7th