What notes are in the Eb m7#5 chord?

The Eb m7#5 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Cb · Db: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m 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 m7#5 chord?

Measured from Eb, the Eb m7#5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m. 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 m7#5 chord?

On guitar the most common Eb m7#5 shape is xx1422, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Cb3 · Db4 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 M7#5 Chord (Ebm7#5): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Eb3 · Gb3 · Cb3 · Db4
Open (drop 2)	Cb2 · Eb3 · Gb3 · Db4
Shell	Eb3 · Gb3 · Db4
Rootless	Gb3 · Cb3 · Db4

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Anatomy

Eb m7#5 (Ebm7#5) contains the notes Eb · Gb · Cb · Db, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of Eb m7#5 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 m7#5 belongs to.

In which keys

Eb m7#5 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

E majorvii7#5Dominant
C# minorii7#5Subdominant
B majoriii7#5Tonic
G# minorv7#5Dominant
F# majorvi7#5Tonic
D# minori7#5Tonic

Scales that contain it

Eb m7#5 fits inside these scales, each built on Eb.

Eb MinorEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb PhrygianEb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb AlteredEb · Fb · F# · G · A · Cb · Db
Eb Malkos RagaEb · Gb · Ab · Cb · Db
Eb Spanish HeptatonicEb · Fb · Gb · G · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb Minor BebopEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db · D
Eb Messiaen's Mode #3Eb · F · Gb · G · A · Bb · Cb · Db · D

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Eb m7#5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Ebm#5Eb · Gb · B

Richer

Eb7#5#9Eb · G · B · Db · F#
Ebm9#5Eb · Gb · Cb · Db · F
Eb7#9b13Eb · G · Bb · Db · F# · Cb
Ebm11AEb · Gb · B · Db · F · Ab
Eb7#9#11b13Eb · G · Bb · Db · F# · A · Cb

m7#5 on every root

Cm7#5 C#m7#5 Dm7#5 D#m7#5 Em7#5 Fm7#5 F#m7#5 Gm7#5 G#m7#5 Abm7#5 Am7#5 A#m7#5 Bbm7#5 Bm7#5

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Understanding the Eb m7#5 chord

Names and symbols

Ebm7#5 is the chord symbol for Eb m7#5.

Eb m7#5 and D# m7#5 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. D# m7#5

Common questions

What notes are in the Eb m7#5 chord?: The Eb m7#5 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Cb · Db: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m 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 m7#5 chord?: Measured from Eb, the Eb m7#5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m. 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 m7#5 chord?: On guitar the most common Eb m7#5 shape is xx1422, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Cb3 · Db4 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.