Ebmaj11 guitar chord

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About Ebmaj11 — shell voicings

Ebmaj11 is Eb, G, Bb, D, F and Ab. Its natural is the same note name as the 4th, while the major 3rd remains.

In a close voicing, sits one fret above . A sharp 11th raises that note one more fret; Ebmaj11 calls for the natural 11th.

Let both notes sound only when you want that close interval heard. For the sharp 11th instead, played without a 5th, the chord is .

Also written EbM11, EbΔ11 or Eb major 11.

Ebmaj11 shell guitar chord diagram: Eb, G, Bb, D, F, Ab, played x6x784
Ebmaj11 shell guitar chord voicing: x-6-x-7-8-4.

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.

How to use Ebmaj11

How you get to it. The turn that lands on Ebmaj11 is to — the ii and the V of Eb — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.

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In which keys. Every note of Ebmaj11 belongs to C minor (the ♭III) and Eb major (the I, the tonic).

What to play over Ebmaj11

Useful scales

  • +C

    Contains Ebmaj11 and adds thirteenth.

Every scale

Chords near Ebmaj11

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Major chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

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Layout

Left Handed Mode