E m9 Chord on Mandola
How to play the E m9 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The E m9 chord is a minor extended chord that stacks higher tensions over a minor-seventh foundation. It is built from the notes E, F#, G, B, D. This page shows how to play E m9 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the G and D strings open and takes the rest at fret 6, reaching across 2 frets. E falls on the A string. It sounds from F#3 up to E5.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on E or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.