What notes are in the Eb mb6b9 chord?

The Eb mb6b9 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Cb · Fb: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 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 mb6b9 chord?

Measured from Eb, the Eb mb6b9 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 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 mb6b9 chord?

On guitar the most common Eb mb6b9 shape is x64400, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Cb3 · 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 Mb6b9 Chord (Ebmb6b9): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Eb3 · Gb3 · Cb3 · Fb4
Open (drop 2)	Cb2 · Eb3 · Gb3 · Fb4
Shell	Eb3 · Gb3 · Cb3
Rootless	Gb3 · Cb3 · Fb4

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Anatomy

Eb mb6b9 (Ebmb6b9) contains the notes Eb · Gb · Cb · 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 mb6b9 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 mb6b9 belongs to.

In which keys

Eb mb6b9 is diatonic to 5 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

E minorviib6b9Dominant
E majorviib6b9Dominant
C# minoriib6b9Subdominant
B majoriiib6b9Tonic
G# minorvb6b9Dominant

Scales that contain it

Eb mb6b9 fits inside these scales, each built on Eb.

Eb PhrygianEb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb AlteredEb · Fb · F# · G · A · Cb · Db
Eb PelogEb · Fb · Gb · Bb · Cb
Eb BalineseEb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · D
Eb Todi RagaEb · Fb · Gb · A · Bb · Cb · D
Eb Spanish HeptatonicEb · Fb · Gb · G · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb Messiaen's Mode #7Eb · Fb · F · Gb · Ab · A · Bb · Cb · C · D

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Eb mb6b9: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Ebm#5Eb · Gb · B

mb6b9 on every root

Cmb6b9 C#mb6b9 Dmb6b9 D#mb6b9 Emb6b9 Fmb6b9 F#mb6b9 Gmb6b9 G#mb6b9 Amb6b9 A#mb6b9 Bbmb6b9 Bmb6b9

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Understanding the Eb mb6b9 chord

Names and symbols

Ebmb6b9 is the chord symbol for Eb mb6b9.

Eb mb6b9 and D# mb6b9 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. D# mb6b9

Common questions

What notes are in the Eb mb6b9 chord?: The Eb mb6b9 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Cb · Fb: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 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 mb6b9 chord?: Measured from Eb, the Eb mb6b9 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 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 mb6b9 chord?: On guitar the most common Eb mb6b9 shape is x64400, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Cb3 · 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.