Em9

E1G♭3B5D♭7F♯9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

020002

open

Fig. 3

054000

easy

Fig. 4

050002

easy

Fig. 5

020032

open

Fig. 6

024030

easy

What is true of it

Em9 is E, G, B, D and F♯ — 1, b3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from E.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 020002: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are E, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Em9/G

320002

second inversion

Em9/B

x20002

third inversion

Em9/D

xx0002

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

E in other shapes

Eadd9added ninth E9dominant ninth Emaj9major ninth Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

Cm9 C♯m9 D♭m9 Dm9 D♯m9 E♭m9 Fm9 F♯m9 all 374