Chord

Eb Augmented 7

  • Eb7#5
  • Eb+7
  • Eb7+
  • Ebaug7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EbM3GM3B2Db
Extends
Eb Dominant 7

Eb Augmented 7, written Eb7#5, is built from Eb, G, B and Db: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, G and Db, 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. A7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for Eb7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    Eb Whole Tone

    The whole tone scale is in open, suspended harmony and works well with #5 chords.

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    Eb Super Locrian

Voicings All 14