Chord

E# Dominant b9

  • E#7b9
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Notes and intervals
E#M3G##m3B#m3D#m3F#
Extends
E# Dominant 7

E# Dominant b9, written E#7b9, is built from E#, G##, B#, D# and F#: the root, major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and flat 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, G## and D#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass. B7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for E#7b9 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    E# Half-Whole

    The diminished scale alternates whole steps and half steps to produce a symmetric scale...

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    E# Phrygian Dominant

Voicings All 14