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E flat thirteen flat nine chord

About the E flat thirteen flat nine chord

E flat thirteen flat nine sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension. Think of it as an E dominant thirteenth flat nine chord.

Its notes are E, G, B, D, F, A, and C. The intervals are a major third, a perfect fifth, a minor seventh, a minor ninth, a perfect eleventh, and a major thirteenth.

Also called D sharp thirteen flat nine, which spells the same notes enharmonically.

Inversions

E flat thirteen flat nine (root position)

Notes and intervals

1E flatRoot
2GMajor 3rd
3B flatPerfect 5th
4D flatMinor 7th
5F flatMinor 9th
6A flatPerfect 11th
7CMajor 13th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other E flat chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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E♭13(♭9) chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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