What notes are in the Eb Augmented major seventh chord?

The Eb Augmented major seventh chord contains the notes Eb · G · B · D: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 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 Augmented major seventh chord?

Measured from Eb, the Eb Augmented major seventh chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 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 Augmented major seventh chord?

On guitar the most common Eb Augmented major seventh shape is x65433, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · G3 · B3 · D4 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 Augmented Major Seventh Chord (Ebmaj7#5)

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Eb3 · G3 · B3 · D4
Open (drop 2)	B2 · Eb3 · G3 · D4
Shell	Eb3 · G3 · D4
Rootless	G3 · B3 · D4

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Anatomy

Eb Augmented major seventh (Ebmaj7#5) contains the notes Eb · G · B · D, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of Eb Augmented major seventh 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 Augmented major seventh belongs to.

In which keys

Eb Augmented major seventh is diatonic to 1 key; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

C minorIII+maj7#5Tonic

Scales that contain it

Eb Augmented major seventh fits inside these scales, each built on Eb.

Eb Harmonic MajorEb · F · G · Ab · Bb · Cb · D
Eb AugmentedEb · F# · G · Bb · B · D
Eb Double Harmonic LydianEb · Fb · G · A · Bb · Cb · D
Eb Lydian AugmentedEb · F · G · A · B · C · D
Eb Augmented HeptatonicEb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · B · D
Eb Leading Whole ToneEb · F · G · A · B · Db · D
Eb Double Harmonic MajorEb · Fb · G · Ab · Bb · Cb · D
Eb Major AugmentedEb · F · G · Ab · B · C · D

Related chords

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

Simpler

EbaugEb · G · B

Richer

Ebmaj9#5Eb · G · B · D · F

Augmented major seventh on every root

Cmaj7#5 Dbmaj7#5 Dmaj7#5 Emaj7#5 Fmaj7#5 Gbmaj7#5 Gmaj7#5 Abmaj7#5 Amaj7#5 Bbmaj7#5

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Understanding the Eb Augmented major seventh chord

Names and symbols

Ebmaj7#5 is the chord symbol for Eb Augmented major seventh; it is also written Ebmaj7+5, Eb+maj7, Eb^7#5.

maj7♯5 and +Δ7 both mean this chord. It is not the aug7 of most charts, which carries a minor seventh; the Δ is what marks the major seventh here.

Common questions

What notes are in the Eb Augmented major seventh chord?: The Eb Augmented major seventh chord contains the notes Eb · G · B · D: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 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 Augmented major seventh chord?: Measured from Eb, the Eb Augmented major seventh chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5A, 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 Augmented major seventh chord?: On guitar the most common Eb Augmented major seventh shape is x65433, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · G3 · B3 · D4 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.