CHORD REFERENCE

E6/9

E – G♯ – B – C♯ – F♯1 3 5 6 9

The E 6/9 chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
E1G♯3B5C♯6F♯9

E6/9 is E, G#, B, C#, F# — the 1, 3, 5, 6 and 9 above the root E.

Piano
EBG♯C♯F♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eEF♯G♯BC♯EBBC♯EF♯G♯BGG♯BC♯EF♯DEF♯G♯BC♯ABC♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯BC♯E

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912ABC♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯BC♯ECC♯EF♯G♯BGG♯BC♯EF♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only E, G#, B, C#, F# plays the chord.

In which keys

E6/9 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

IE majorVA majorIVB major♭IIIC♯ minor♭VIIF♯ minor♭VIA♭ minor
Other E chords

Triads

EMajorEmMinorE5Power Chord (5)EdimDiminishedEaugAugmentedEsus2Suspended 2ndEsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

E6Major 6thEm6Minor 6thE7Dominant 7thEmaj7Major 7thEm7Minor 7thEm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thEdim7Diminished 7thEm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)E7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

E7♭57♭5E7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)E7♭97♭9E7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Eadd9Added 9thE9Dominant 9thEmaj9Major 9thEm9Minor 9thE11Dominant 11thE13Dominant 13th
6/9 on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B
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