Hi,
E flat diminished with a flattened ninth reads (upwards):
Eb, Gb, A, C, Fbb;
and
E flat diminished reads (upwards):
Eb, Gb, A, C, Eb.
Note, Fbb and Eb are the same note (enharmonically)! Its that same as naming a chord: 'C5 (b11)'. The 'b11' is the same note (enharmonically) as 'E'. Therefore, the chord is simply a 'C Major' triad!
At the end of the day it all depends on what exactly the chord IS you are intending to describe.
If you mean, rather, a
dominant seventh with a flattened ninth, then the spelling should read:
'Eb7 (b9)'.
Or if you are meaning a
diminished seventh with the inclusion of a ninth.dominant seventh with a flattened ninth then the spelling should read:
'Eb dim (add 9)'.
Hope that helps . . .
Paul
Lol, wellll, yes and no. Despite conflicting opinions, I always did suspect that the point of the joke was about the 'impossible' or non-existent chord. After all, when he had a chance to actually use it, Joss Whedon, when composing "Give Me Something To Sing About" on Once More With Feeling, the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, chose to use Eb dim 7th (or Cdim7th, depending on the context) instead.
So my posting name has never really had so much to do with the depths of music theorizing as it does this (BtVS season 2, What's My Line? Part 2) :
Willow stays behind with OZ - while Buffy heads toward the LAW ENFORCEMENT BOOTH.
OZ
Hey.
WILLOW
Hey . . .
OZ
Did you decide? Are you gonna become
a corporate computer suit guy?
WILLOW
Uh, I think I'm gonna finish high
school first. What about you?
OZ
I'm not really a computer person. Or
a work of any kind person.
WILLOW
Then why'd they select you?
OZ
I sort of test well. Which is cool,
except then it leads to jobs.
WILLOW
Well, don't you have some ambition?
OZ
Oh, yeah. E flat, diminished 9th.
WILLOW
Huh?
OZ
The E flat's doable, but it's that
diminished 9th . . . that's a man's
chord. You could lose a finger.
He smiles. Willow smiles too - not sure what to make of him.