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Ebalt Guitar Chord

A dominant chord with maximum tension — the specific tones (b5, #5, b9, #9) are chosen by the player based on context. An advanced jazz chord where the listed intervals represent one common voicing.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–2–4–3

How to play the Ebalt chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–1–2–4–3 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Muted
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · ring finger

Other names for the Ebalt chord

Other names: Eb altered

Music theory name: altered dominant chord

Common name: Eb altered chord

Notes and intervals in the Ebalt chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
A Diminished 5th
Db Minor 7th
F# Augmented 9th

All variations

Open
X–X–1–2–4–3
Fret 4
X–6–5–0–4–5
Fret 6
X–6–7–0–8–X
Fret 10
11–10–X–12–10–11

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys