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Eb7b5 Guitar Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone replacing the perfect fifth. Often serves as a tritone substitution in jazz progressions — replacing the classic dominant seventh chord.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–2–2–3

How to play the Eb7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–1–2–2–3 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · little finger

Notation for Eb7b5 chord

Other names: Eb 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: Eb 7b5 chord

Intervals and tones in Eb7b5 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
A Diminished 5th
C# Minor 7th

All Variations

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

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys