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E7b5 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
E4 · G#4 · Bb4 · D5

How to play the E7b5 chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: E4, G#4, Bb4 and D5. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the E7b5 chord

Other names: E 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: E 7b5 chord

Notes and intervals in the E7b5 chord

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

Inversions

1st inversion
G#4 · Bb4 · D5 · E5
2nd inversion
Bb4 · D5 · E5 · G#5

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