Dominant family
E♭ dominant seventh flat five chord
E♭7♭5E♭ dominant seventh flat five
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- ♭5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 1
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- E♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- G3
- 4
- B𝄫♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- D♭♭7
- 7
- E♭ Root
- G Major 3rd
- B𝄫 Diminished 5th
- D♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is an E♭ dominant seventh flat five chord?
E♭7♭5 is built from 4 notes: E♭ (the root), G (the 3), B𝄫 (the ♭5), D♭ (the ♭7). A dominant with a lowered fifth: two tritones, the French-sixth sound.
- Notes
- E♭ · G · B𝄫 · D♭
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭7
- Also written
- E♭7(♭5)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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