EbmMaj7b5 guitar chord

Open string · ringing b13 · 2nd inversion
1 of 5
Inversion
  • Tap a note to hear it
  • Arrows change position
  • Fingers, notes or intervals
  • Play the chord

About EbmMaj7b5 — open string voicings

EbmMaj7b5 names three separate instructions: a minor 3rd, Bbb♭5, and major 7th. The result is Eb, Gb, Bbb 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 EbmM7b5 or Ebm(maj7)b5.

EbmMaj7b5 open string guitar chord diagram: Eb, Gb, A, D, played 56470x
EbmMaj7b5 open string guitar chord voicing: 5-6-4-7-0-x.

What is an open-string voicing

Open-string voicing
×EADGBE

An open string adds a note without a finger: a tension on top or a pedal below. These belong to their key and cannot be moved up the neck.

What to play over EbmMaj7b5

Useful scales

  • +FAbCbC

    Contains EbmMaj7b5 and adds ninth, eleventh, sharp fifth and thirteenth.

Every scale

Chords near EbmMaj7b5

Remove a note

Change one note

Diminished and half-diminished 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

7.5
Play Style
One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
Instrument
350
150

Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode