How to Play Piano Chord: E half-diminished 13 — 1st inv

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Em13♭5

1st inversion

E half-diminished 13

1st inversion

G, B♭, D, F♯, A, C♯, E

The notes of the E major scale are:

Major scale pattern

The semitone pattern for a major scale is:

WWHWWWH

where:

1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7, 9, 11, 13

D major E · D

D–F♯–A = ♭7, 9, 11 · left hand: root + ♭7

a major triad a whole step down from the root
F♯ major E · D

F♯–A♯–C♯ = 9, ♭5, 13 · left hand: root + ♭7

a major triad a whole step up from the root

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