CHORD REFERENCE

E♭7♯9

E♭ – G – B♭ – D♭ – F♯1 3 5 b7 #9

The E♭ 7♯9 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♭b7F♯#9

E♭7♯9 is Eb, G, Bb, Db, F# — the 1, 3, 5, b7 and #9 above the root E♭.

Piano
GE♭B♭D♭F♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯GB♭D♭E♭BD♭E♭F♯GB♭GGB♭D♭E♭F♯GDE♭F♯GB♭D♭AB♭D♭E♭F♯GEF♯GB♭D♭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)

357912AB♭D♭E♭F♯GEF♯GB♭D♭E♭CD♭E♭F♯GB♭GGB♭D♭E♭F♯G

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

In which keys

E♭7♯9 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♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)E♭7♭97♭9

Extended & added

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