About EmMaj7b5 — shell voicings
EmMaj7b5 names three separate instructions: a minor 3rd, , and major 7th. The result is E, G, Bb and D#.
The flat 5th is the only change from . It must sound, or the voicing is only . This is neither a half-diminished nor diminished-seventh chord.
Also written EmM7b5 or Em(maj7)b5.
What is a shell voicing
Shell voicing
R35♭7
Root, 3rd and 7th. The 3rd and 7th set the quality; the 5th adds nothing, so it goes. That frees a string for a tension.
What to play over EmMaj7b5
Useful scales
- +F#ACC#
Contains EmMaj7b5 and adds ninth, eleventh, sharp fifth and thirteenth.
Chords near EmMaj7b5
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