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Guitar chord · Dominant 7b5#9

Eb7b5#9 chord (Eb Dominant 7b5#9)

Dominant 7th with a lowered 5th and a sharp 9th: an altered dominant with no natural 5th.

Notes EbGADbF#
Formula 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 ♯9
Shapes 1 on this page

Eb7b5#9 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.

5th String Root x 6 5 6 7 5

Interactive chord diagram

Eb7b5#9 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 Eb7b5#9

These scales start on Eb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Eb7b5#9 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Eb7b5#9 chord?
Eb7b5#9 is Eb, G, A, Db, F#: the 1, 3, ♭5, ♭7, ♯9 of Eb.
How do you play Eb7b5#9 on guitar?
5th String Root: x 6 5 6 7 5 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Eb7b5#9?
Scales on Eb that contain every note of Eb7b5#9: Eb Altered, Eb Half-Whole Diminished, Eb Lydian #2 #6, Eb Hungarian Major.

Dominant 7b5#9 chords in every key

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