Chord

E Minor 9

  • Emin9
  • Em9
  • E-9
  • Eminor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Em3GM3Bm3DM3F#
Extends
E Minor 7

E Minor 9, written Em9, is built from E, G, B, D and F#: the root, minor 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, G and D, 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 Major

    E Dorian

  2. Mode of Major

    E Aeolian

Voicings All 10