E minor add nine
Em(add9)
Also written Emadd9 · Em2
NotesE · G · B · F♯
Formula1 · ♭3 · 5 · 9
All its notes, from the root
A minor triad with the 9th added. The 9th sits a semitone under the minor 3rd, and that rub is the whole colour. With the 7th it becomes Em9.
How pianists voice Em(add9)
The same notes, laid out the way hands actually play them.
Spread Open voicing
1 · 5 · 9 · ♭3 — root, 5th, 9th, 3rd. The 9th sits right under the 3rd, and that closeness is the sound.
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