Ebmaj13 guitar chord
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About Ebmaj13 — drop 3 voicings
Ebmaj13 is Eb, G, Bb, D, F and C. It has the same pitch name as a 6th, , above a major 7th and 9th.
Compared with , Ebmaj13 keeps the 6th and 9th, then adds the major 7th. That B is the difference a 6/9 chord does not have.
On guitar, root and 5th can be left out. Keep the 3rd, 7th, 9th, and 13th when the voicing needs its full identity.
Also written EbM13, EbΔ13 or Eb major 13.
What is drop 3
Drop the third voice from the top an octave instead. The wider gap skips a string, so the muted string is part of the shape.
That result, 3–R–5–7, is the shape usually meant by drop 3. Named by its bass note, as the inversions are here, it is the 1st inversion.
More familiar jazz shapes are drop 3 than drop 2.
How to use Ebmaj13
How you get to it. The turn that lands on Ebmaj13 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 Ebmaj13 belongs to C minor (the ♭III), Eb major (the I, the tonic), G minor (the ♭VI) and Bb major (the IV, the subdominant).
What to play over Ebmaj13
Useful scales
- +Ab
Contains Ebmaj13 and adds eleventh.
- +A
Contains Ebmaj13 and adds sharp eleventh.
Chords near Ebmaj13
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