Ebm7#5b9#11 Augmented

The Ebm7#5b9#11 chord is built from the notes Eb – Gb – B – Db – Fb – A.

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Also known as

Ebm7#5b9#11b13Ebmi7(b9#5#11)Ebmi7b9#5#11

Chord tones, one by one

EbRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — Eb.

GbThird

Minor third

Three semitones — makes the chord minor (darker, sadder).

BFifth

Augmented fifth (♯5)

Eight semitones — a sharp fifth. Restless and dreamy, typical of augmented chords.

DbSeventh

Minor seventh (♭7)

Ten semitones — the dominant/minor seventh. Adds bluesy tension (7, m7).

FbExtension

Flat ninth (♭9)

A ♭9 — sharp, dissonant tension typical of altered dominant chords.

AExtension

Sharp eleventh (♯11)

A ♯11 — the bright, floating Lydian color.

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Locrian scale; its characteristic note is the unstable ♭5.

🎸 Genres

Modern jazz · Post-bop · Fusion

m7#5b9#11 in every key

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