Ebmadd9

Ebmadd9 is Eb, Gb, Bb and F, a minor add nine. The shape this page opens on is written xx4341, lowest string first.

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

There are 7 common shapes for Ebmadd9 on the guitar, and 18 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of Ebmadd9 belongs to C# major (the ii), Eb minor (the i), F# major (the vi) and Bb minor (the iv).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx4341, x6436x, x64x66, x9886x, 11-9-x-10-11-x, 11-13-13-11-11-13, x-x-13-11-11-13.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. Ebmadd9 has xx3342, x8887x, x-x-13-11-11-13, 13-13-13-11-x-x, 2633xx, x6436x, xx4866, 6848xx.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. Ebmadd9 has x6x362, 2x334x, 6x486x, x8x876, 11-x-8-10-7-x, x-9-x-10-11-11, 13-x-13-11-11-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.