Jazzity

Chord

E Major 6/9

  • E6/9
  • E69
  • Emaj6/9
  • EM6/9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EM3G#m3B2C#4F#
Extends
E Major 6

E Major 6/9, written E6/9, is built from E, G#, B, C# and F#: the root, major 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 6th, G# and C#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Pentatonic

    E Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    E Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  3. Mode of Major

    E Lydian

Voicings All 8