E minor/major ninth piano chord - EmM9

The E minor/major ninth chord is a 5-note chord consisting of the notes E, G, B, D# and F#.
You can see these notes highlighted in the interactive piano chart below.
The chord itself is often abbreviated as EmM9.

Interactive piano diagram for the E minor/major ninth chord

Piano keyboard displaying the E minor/major ninth chord with the notes FbEGCbBD#EbF#Gb

Reduced chords

Chords that are a subset of EmM9. These contain less notes but all of them are included in EmM9.

Scales with EmM9

Below you find all scales that include EmM9:

  • melodic minor
  • harmonic minor
  • minor hexatonic
  • lydian diminished
  • hungarian minor
  • minor bebop
  • minor six diminished
  • messiaen's mode #3
  • messiaen's mode #7
  • chromatic

E minor/major ninth piano chord chart image

In case you prefer a non-interactive variant of the chord chart, we've embedded a PNG image below that shows the notes for the the EmM9 chord. Feel free to save or share the image as needed.

Piano chord chart for the E minor/major ninth chord (EmM9). The notes E, G, B, D# and F# are highlighted.