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Eb9b5 Piano Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone. Often serves as a tritone substitution for the dominant. The fifth is already altered, so the perfect fifth is not played — the remaining notes are all included.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand Eb3 · C#4 fingers 5–1
Right hand G4 · A4 · F5 fingers 1–2–5

How to play the Eb9b5 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play Eb3 and C#4 with the left hand and G4, A4 and F5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–2–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Notation for Eb9b5 chord

Other names: Eb 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: Eb 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in Eb9b5 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
A Diminished 5th
C# Minor 7th
F Major 9th

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