EmMaj9 guitar chord
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About EmMaj9 — 1st inversion
EmMaj9 is E, G, B, D# and F#. It keeps every note of and adds the .
EmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: EmMaj9 uses , while uses the flat 7th.
Choose between them by the seventh under a held 9th. The minor 3rd remains in both chords.
Also written EmM9, Em(maj9) or E-Δ9.
What 1st inversion means
EmMaj9 in 1st inversion puts G in the bass instead of E, the 3rd of the chord. The notes are the same; what changes is what the bass line does, which is most of why you would reach for it — it lets the lowest voice move by step where the root would have jumped.
One of EmMaj9’s 10 shapes does this:xx5442
How to use EmMaj9
How you get to it. The turn that lands on EmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of E minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over EmMaj9
Useful scales
- +AC
Contains EmMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +AC#
Contains EmMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near EmMaj9
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