Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E7♭5E Dominant 7th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes G♯ · C · D · F♯

How to play it

E7♭5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 x 6 8 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 6 8 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 7 6 8 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 6 8 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

E7♭5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 1 2 2 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 6 x 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 x 6 8 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 6 8 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 7 6 8 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 6 8 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 x 8 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

E Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 6 8 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How E7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgybluesyhazy

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2

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