Eadd9 chord on guitar
E add9
Eadd9 is an add9 chord with four notes: E, G#, B and F#. Learn it first as an open shape: two open strings and four fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
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How to play it
- Index on the G string, fret 1
- Middle on the A string, fret 2
- Ring on the D string, fret 2
- Pinky on the high e string, fret 2
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Twothe low E and B strings
- Lowest note
- E2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 0 2 2 1 0 2low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Eadd9
- Eroot
- G#major third
- Bperfect fifth
- F#major ninth
An add9 chord is a major chord with the ninth added: the second note of the scale, an octave up. G# is the major third, four frets above the root. B is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. F# is the major ninth, two frets above the root, an octave up.
String by string
- high e string: F#4major ninth
- B string: B3perfect fifth
- G string: G#3major third
- D string: E3root
- A string: B2perfect fifth
- low E string: E2root
Every note of Eadd9 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Open shape0 2 4 1 0 0Root on the low E string.
- At fret 4x 7 6 4 7 xRoot on the A string.
Related chords
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