Ebmaj7b5 guitar chord

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About Ebmaj7b5

Ebmaj7b5 is Eb, G, Bbb and D. It keeps the major 3rd and 7th of , but lowers the 5th one fret to the flat 5th (Bbb).

The flat 5th replaces the natural 5th. A maj7 sharp 11 chord keeps the natural 5th and adds the sharp 11. The names are not interchangeable.

Keep the flat 5th audible. Without it, the remaining notes only spell .

Also written EbM7b5, EbΔ7b5 or Ebmaj7(b5).

Ebmaj7b5 guitar chord diagram: Eb, G, A, D, played x6523x
Ebmaj7b5 guitar chord voicing: x-6-5-2-3-x.

How to use Ebmaj7b5

How you get to it. The turn that lands on Ebmaj7b5 is to — the ii and the V of Eb — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.

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In which keys. Every note of Ebmaj7b5 belongs to G minor (the ♭VI) and Bb major (the IV, the subdominant).

What to play over Ebmaj7b5

Useful scales

  • +FBbC

    Contains Ebmaj7b5 and adds ninth, fifth and thirteenth.

  • +FBC

    Contains Ebmaj7b5 and adds ninth, sharp fifth and thirteenth.

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