What notes are in the Eb 7#5b9 chord?

The Eb 7#5b9 chord contains the notes Eb · G · B · Db · Fb: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 7m, 9m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Eb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the Eb 7#5b9 chord?

Measured from Eb, the Eb 7#5b9 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 7m, 9m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the Eb 7#5b9 chord?

On guitar the most common Eb 7#5b9 shape is 021020, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · G3 · B3 · Db4 · Fb4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

Eb 7#5b9 Chord (Eb7#5b9): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Eb3 · G3 · B3 · Db4 · Fb4
Open (drop 2)	Db3 · Eb3 · G3 · B3 · Fb4
Shell	Eb3 · G3 · Db4
Rootless	G3 · Db4 · Fb4

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Anatomy

Eb 7#5b9 (Eb7#5b9) contains the notes Eb · G · B · Db · Fb, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of Eb 7#5b9 puts a chord tone other than Eb in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales Eb 7#5b9 belongs to.

In which keys

Eb 7#5b9 is diatonic to 1 key; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

G# minorV+7#5b9Dominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

Eb 7#5b9 fits inside these scales, each built on Eb.

Eb AlteredEb · Fb · F# · G · A · Cb · Db
Eb Phrygian DominantEb · Fb · G · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb Spanish HeptatonicEb · Fb · Gb · G · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Eb 7#5b9: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Eb7#5Eb · G · B · Db
Ebalt7Eb · G · Db · Fb
Eb7b13Eb · G · Db · Cb
EbaugEb · G · B
Eb7no5Eb · G · Db

Richer

Eb7b9b13Eb · G · Bb · Db · Fb · Cb
Eb7#5b9#11Eb · G · B · Db · Fb · A
Eb7b9b13#11Eb · G · Bb · Db · Fb · A · Cb

Common substitutions

A7#5b9A · C# · E# · G · Bb
A7#5b9 shares the third and seventh of Eb7#5b9 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
Bbm7Bb · Db · F · Ab
Bbm7 is the ii chord that leads into Eb7#5b9 in a ii–V.

7#5b9 on every root

C7#5b9 D7#5b9 E7#5b9 F7#5b9 G7#5b9 A7#5b9 Bb7#5b9

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Understanding the Eb 7#5b9 chord

Names and symbols

Eb7#5b9 is the chord symbol for Eb 7#5b9; it is also written Eb7b9#5.

7♯5, +7 and aug7 usually all mean this chord: a dominant seventh on an augmented triad. Some books use aug7 for the major seventh on the augmented triad instead, so check which seventh a chart intends.

Common questions

What notes are in the Eb 7#5b9 chord?: The Eb 7#5b9 chord contains the notes Eb · G · B · Db · Fb: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 7m, 9m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Eb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the Eb 7#5b9 chord?: Measured from Eb, the Eb 7#5b9 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 7m, 9m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the Eb 7#5b9 chord?: On guitar the most common Eb 7#5b9 shape is 021020, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · G3 · B3 · Db4 · Fb4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.