E♭ Minor 11th
E♭m11
Notes
E♭ · G♭ · B♭ · D♭ · F · A♭
Intervals
- RootE♭ (1P)
- Minor 3rdG♭ (3m)
- Perfect 5thB♭ (5P)
- Minor 7thD♭ (7m)
- Major 9thF (9M)
- Perfect 11thA♭ (11P)
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About
The E♭m11 (E♭–G♭–B♭–D♭–F–A♭) adds an 11th (equivalent to a fourth) above the minor 7 base. The A♭ stacks a suspended quality onto the existing minor-seventh sound, creating a spacious, harmonically ambiguous texture associated with modal jazz and ambient music. In practice, the 5th and 9th are often omitted on guitar, leaving a voicing built around the 3rd, 7th, and 11th — the notes that give the chord its character. The 11th itself is the essential extension. Compared to E♭m9, m11 is more atmospheric and less harmonically focused, well suited to static or slow-moving progressions.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- E♭ Dorian (I)
- E♭ Natural Minor (I)
- A♭ Dorian (V)
- A♭ Mixolydian (V)
- B Lydian (III)
- B♭ Natural Minor (IV)
- B♭ Phrygian (IV)
- C Locrian (III)
- D♭ Major (II)
- D♭ Mixolydian (II)
- F Locrian (VII)
- F Phrygian (VII)
- F♯ Lydian (VI)
- F♯ Major (VI)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.