Chord

Eb Major 9

  • Ebmaj9
  • EbM9
  • EbΔ9
  • Ebmajor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EbM3Gm3BbM3Dm3F
Extends
Eb Major 7

Eb Major 9, written Ebmaj9, is built from Eb, G, Bb, D and F: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 7th and 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.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    Eb Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    Eb Lydian

Voicings All 8