What notes are in the Eb 9no5 chord?

The Eb 9no5 chord contains the notes Eb · G · Db · F: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 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 9no5 chord?

Measured from Eb, the Eb 9no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 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 9no5 chord?

On guitar the most common Eb 9no5 shape is xx1021, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · G3 · Db4 · F4 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 9no5 Chord (Eb9no5): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Eb3 · G3 · Db4 · F4
Open (drop 2)	Db3 · Eb3 · G3 · F4
Shell	Eb3 · G3 · Db4
Rootless	G3 · Db4 · F4

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Anatomy

Eb 9no5 (Eb9no5) contains the notes Eb · G · Db · F, 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 9no5 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 9no5 belongs to.

In which keys

Eb 9no5 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

Ab majorV9no5Dominant
F minorVII9no5Subdominant

Scales that contain it

Eb 9no5 fits inside these scales, each built on Eb.

Eb Whole ToneEb · F · G · A · B · C#
Eb MixolydianEb · F · G · Ab · Bb · C · Db
Eb Lydian DominantEb · F · G · A · Bb · C · Db
Eb PrometheusEb · F · G · A · C · Db
Eb Mixolydian b6Eb · F · G · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb Leading Whole ToneEb · F · G · A · B · Db · D
Eb Lydian MinorEb · F · G · A · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb BebopEb · F · G · Ab · Bb · C · Db · D

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Eb 9no5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Eb7no5Eb · G · Db

Richer

Eb9Eb · G · Bb · Db · F
Eb13Eb · G · Bb · Db · F · C
Eb13no5Eb · G · Db · F · C
Eb9#5Eb · G · B · Db · F
Eb9b13Eb · G · Db · F · Cb
Eb9#5#11Eb · G · B · Db · F · A

Common substitutions

A9no5A · C# · G · B
A9no5 shares the third and seventh of Eb9no5 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
Bbm7Bb · Db · F · Ab
Bbm7 is the ii chord that leads into Eb9no5 in a ii–V.

9no5 on every root

C9no5 C#9no5 Db9no5 D9no5 E9no5 F9no5 F#9no5 Gb9no5 G9no5 G#9no5 Ab9no5 A9no5 Bb9no5 B9no5

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Understanding the Eb 9no5 chord

Names and symbols

Eb9no5 is the chord symbol for Eb 9no5.

Common questions

What notes are in the Eb 9no5 chord?: The Eb 9no5 chord contains the notes Eb · G · Db · F: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 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 9no5 chord?: Measured from Eb, the Eb 9no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 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 9no5 chord?: On guitar the most common Eb 9no5 shape is xx1021, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · G3 · Db4 · F4 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.