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Emaj7b5 Guitar Chord

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

Guitar

Strings 0–1–1–1–4–0

How to play the Emaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–1–1–1–4–0 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) Open
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the Emaj7b5 chord

Other names: E major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: E major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Emaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
E Root
G# Major 3rd
Bb Diminished 5th
D# Major 7th

All variations

Open
0–1–1–1–4–0
Open
X–X–2–3–4–4
Fret 7
X–7–8–8–9–X
Fret 11
0–11–13–13–11–11

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys