Chord

Eb Dominant #9

  • Eb7#9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EbM3Gm3Bbm3Db4F#
Extends
Eb Dominant 7

Eb Dominant #9, written Eb7#9, is built from Eb, G, Bb, Db and F#: the root, major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and sharp 9th.

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#9 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Melodic Minor

    Eb Super Locrian

  2. Mode of Diminished

    Eb Half-Whole

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

Voicings All 8