E9 chord on guitar
The E9 chord diagram on guitar, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.
The diagram
The notes in E9
E · B · D · Ab · F#
The chord is built from 5 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.
The shape, string by string
3 open strings
| String | Fret | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | open | E |
| 5 | 2 | B |
| 4 | open | D |
| 3 | 1 | Ab |
| 2 | open | B |
| 1 | 2 | F# |