Eb7b5 Piano 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.
Recommended voicing
Eb4 · G4 · A4 · Db5
With bass · rootless
Left hand
A3 · Db4 · G4
fingers 5–3–1
Right hand
Free
melody / improvisation
Jazz accompaniment with a bass player: the bass supplies the root, leaving the right hand free for melody or improvisation.
Other names for the Eb7b5 chord
Other names: Eb 7th flat 5
Music theory name: seventh flat five chord
Common name: Eb 7b5 chord
Notes and intervals in the Eb7b5 chord
| Note | Interval |
|---|---|
| Eb | Root |
| G | Major 3rd |
| A | Diminished 5th |
| Db | Minor 7th |
Inversions
1st inversion
G4 · A4 · Db5 · Eb5
2nd inversion
A4 · Db5 · Eb5 · G5