B 13 flat 5 Guitar Chord

B13♭5 Altered · 5 notes ·Symbol : 13♭5

Chord Notes

B R
Eb 3
F ♯11
A ♭7
Ab 13

Solfège : Si – Mib – Fa – La – Lab

Chord Structure

B 2T Eb T F 2T A 11½T Ab

About this chord

The 13♭5 chord is a dominant enriched with the thirteenth and a diminished fifth, combining tension in the low register (♭5) and high register (13th). Very present in advanced jazz and fusion for complex altered dominants, it opens sophisticated reharmonization possibilities.

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