E♭11 chord · Grammar of Music

Tool

E flat eleventh: E♭4, G4, B♭4, D♭5, F5, A♭5. Click any symbol to hear it.

RootQuality

Notes

Interval	Note
P1
M3
P5
m7
M9
P11

On the staff and the keyboard

Inversions

The same chord with another note in the bass. The chord symbol writes the bass note after the slash.

Root position
1st inversion
2nd inversion
3rd inversion
4th inversion
5th inversion

On the guitar

No shape with all the essential notes fits under four fingers in standard tuning. That happens with chords of many notes; on the guitar they are played leaving notes out, and which one to leave out is a musical choice.

Same root, other quality

E♭major
E♭mminor
E♭dimdiminished
E♭augaugmented
E♭sus4suspended fourth
E♭sus2suspended second
E♭6sixth
E♭m6minor sixth
E♭6/9six-nine
E♭7dominant seventh
E♭maj7major seventh
E♭m7minor seventh
E♭m(maj7)minor major seventh
E♭dim7diminished seventh
E♭m7♭5half-diminished
E♭7sus4seventh suspended fourth
E♭7♯5seventh sharp five
E♭7♭5seventh flat five
E♭maj7♯5major seventh sharp five
E♭9dominant ninth
E♭maj9major ninth
E♭m9minor ninth
E♭7♭9seventh flat nine
E♭7♯9seventh sharp nine
E♭add9added ninth
E♭m11minor eleventh
E♭7♯11seventh sharp eleven
E♭maj7♯11major seventh sharp eleven
E♭13thirteenth
E♭m13minor thirteenth
E♭maj13major thirteenth
E♭7♭13seventh flat thirteen

Same quality, other root

Read about

Chord symbolsThe notation that names a chord by its root and quality, and how to read its extensions and alterations.
TriadsThree-note chords stacked in thirds, and the four qualities that result.
Seventh chordsThe fourth note stacked on the triad, and the five qualities the repertoire actually uses.
Extended chordsNinth, eleventh and thirteenth: the stack of thirds carried on above the seventh.
Chord inversionsThe same notes over a different bass: the same identity with a different weight and a different voice leading.
Fretboard geographyA six-string chromatic ruler, where the same note appears in several places and every shape transposes.