Ebadd9

Ebadd9 is Eb, G, Bb and F, a add nine. The shape this page opens on is written x65363, lowest string first.

Also written Eb(add9), Ebadd2 or Eb add nine. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 4 common shapes for Ebadd9 on the guitar, and 21 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of Ebadd9 belongs to C minor (the ♭III), Eb major (the I), F minor (the ♭VII), G minor (the ♭VI), Ab major (the V) and Bb major (the IV).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x65363, x65066, 11-10-x-10-11-11, x-x-13-12-x-13.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. Ebadd9 has 1110xx, xx3343, x8888x, x-x-13-12-11-13, 13-13-13-12-x-x, x1304x, 3633xx, x6536x.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. Ebadd9 has x1x041, x6x363, 3x334x, 6x586x, x8x886, 11-x-8-10-8-x, x-10-x-10-11-11, 13-x-13-12-11-x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.