E 7#9 Chord on Tenor Guitar
Play E 7#9 on Tenor Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The E 7#9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes E, G, G#, B, D. This page shows how to play E 7#9 on Tenor Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the G string open and takes the rest at fret 4, reaching across 3 frets. E falls on the C string. It sounds from E3 up to D5.
It has a flat wooden top, so the same grip sustains far longer than it does on a tenor banjo.
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.