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Guitar chord · Dominant 7b13

Eb7b13 chord (Eb Dominant 7b13)

Dominant 7th with a flat 13th: a dark dominant colour from the Mixolydian ♭6 scale.

Notes EbGBbDbCb
Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭13
Shapes 2 on this page

Eb7b13 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Eb.

6th String Root 11 13 11 12 12 11
5th String Root x 6 8 6 8 7

Interactive chord diagram

Eb7b13 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Eb7b13

These scales start on Eb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Eb7b13 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Eb7b13 chord?
Eb7b13 is Eb, G, Bb, Db, Cb: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♭13 of Eb.
How do you play Eb7b13 on guitar?
6th String Root: 11 13 11 12 12 11; 5th String Root: x 6 8 6 8 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Eb7b13?
Scales on Eb that contain every note of Eb7b13: Eb Phrygian Dominant, Eb Mixolydian b6, Eb Phrygian b4, Eb Lydian Dominant b6.

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