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Dominant family

E♭ dominant eleventh chord

E♭11

E♭ dominant eleventh

Piano root position

  • Root
  • 5
  • ♭7
  • 9
  • 11

Guitar standard tuning

Barre · fret 6

Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 6.

E×ADGBe678910Barre at fret 6E♭A♭D♭FB♭

Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little

Notation treble clef

𝄞♭♭♭♭

Intervals

12 semitones
  1. E♭1
  2. ♭2
  3. F9
  4. ♭3
  5. 3
  6. A♭11
  7. ♭5
  8. B♭5
  9. ♯5
  10. 6
  11. D♭♭7
  12. 7
  • E♭ Root
  • B♭ Perfect 5th
  • D♭ Minor 7th
  • F Major 9th
  • A♭ Perfect 11th

About this chord

What is an E♭ dominant eleventh chord?

E♭11 is built from 5 notes: E♭ (the root), B♭ (the 5), D♭ (the ♭7), F (the 9), A♭ (the 11). Root, fifth, flat seventh, ninth and eleventh: played without the third, which would clash with the eleventh.

Notes
E♭ · B♭ · D♭ · F · A♭
Formula
1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11
Also written
E♭dom11
Found in
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