Ebadd9 chord on guitar
Eb add9
Ebadd9 is an add9 chord with four notes: Eb, G, Bb and F. Learn it first at fret 3, with four fingers.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the G string, fret 3
- Middle on the D string, fret 5
- Ring on the A string, fret 6
- Pinky on the B string, fret 6
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Play only the A, D, G and B strings. Keep the low E and high e strings silent.
- Shape
- At fret 3
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- FourA, D, G and B
- Open strings
- Noneevery played string is fretted
- Lowest note
- Eb3the root, on the A string
- Frets
- x 6 5 3 6 xlow E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Ebadd9
- Ebroot
- Gmajor third
- Bbperfect fifth
- Fmajor 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. Bb 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: not played
- B string: F4major ninth
- G string: Bb3perfect fifth
- D string: G3major third
- A string: Eb3root
- low E string: not played
Every note of Ebadd9 is in this shape.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Ebadd9 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.