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E9 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play E Ninth (Charts)

E9 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as e9 chord, e9 guitar chord and how to play E9.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

E9 chord diagram, Open positionE9 Open position: low E open, A fret 2, D open, G fret 1, B open, high e fret 2.2130 2 0 1 0 2
Open position
0 2 0 1 0 2
E9 chord diagram, Barre (12th fret, E-string root)E9 Barre (12th fret, E-string root): low E fret 12, A fret 14, D fret 12, G fret 13, B fret 12, high e fret 14.12fr132412 14 12 13 12 14
Barre (12th fret, E-string root)
12 14 12 13 12 14
E9 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionE9 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 2, G fret 1, B fret 3, high e fret 2.××2143x x 2 1 3 2
Easy 4-string version
x x 2 1 3 2

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play E9 (E ninth) on guitar, play 0 2 0 1 0 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains E, G#, B, D, F#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 2 1 3 2, which needs 4 fretted notes.

E9 chord facts

Chord E9 (E ninth)
Other names Edom9
Notes E, G#, B, D, F#
Intervals E (root), G# (major 3rd), B (perfect 5th), D (minor 7th), F# (major 9th)
Formula 1-3-5-b7-9
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play E9 on guitar?

The main shape is 0 2 0 1 0 2 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the G string at fret 1 (G#, the major 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the A string at fret 2 (B, the perfect 5th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the high e string at fret 2 (F#, the major 9th).
  5. Let the low E (E) and D (D) and B (B) strings ring open.