CHORD REFERENCE

E♭7♯5

E♭ – G – B – D♭1 3 #5 b7

The E♭ 7♯5 chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
E♭1G3B#5D♭b7

E♭7♯5 is Eb, G, B, Db — the 1, 3, #5 and b7 above the root E♭.

Piano
GBE♭D♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eGBD♭E♭BBD♭E♭GBGGBD♭E♭GDE♭GBD♭ABD♭E♭GEGBD♭E♭

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912ABD♭E♭GEGBD♭E♭CD♭E♭GBGGBD♭E♭G

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only Eb, G, B, Db plays the chord.

In which keys

E♭7♯5 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other E♭ chords

Triads

E♭MajorE♭mMinorE♭5Power Chord (5)E♭dimDiminishedE♭augAugmentedE♭sus2Suspended 2ndE♭sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

E♭6Major 6thE♭m6Minor 6thE♭7Dominant 7thE♭maj7Major 7thE♭m7Minor 7thE♭m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thE♭dim7Diminished 7thE♭m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)E♭7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

E♭7♭57♭5E♭7♭97♭9E♭7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

E♭add9Added 9thE♭6/96/9E♭9Dominant 9thE♭maj9Major 9thE♭m9Minor 9thE♭11Dominant 11thE♭13Dominant 13th
7♯5 on another root
CD♭DE♭EFG♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

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