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Ebmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

An unusual "Lydian" chord with a major seventh and a lowered fifth. Occasionally found in progressive jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–2–3–3

How to play the Ebmaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–1–2–3–3 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 3 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · little finger

Notation for Ebmaj7b5 chord

Other names: Eb major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: Eb major 7th flat 5 chord

Intervals and tones in Ebmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
A Diminished 5th
D Major 7th

All Variations

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

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys