Eb9 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Eb9 is a ninth chord built from Eb, G, Bb, Db, F. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Eb9

Eb · G · Bb · Db · F

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7 – 10 – 14

A major third with a flattened seventh above it: unstable on purpose, and it wants to resolve a fourth up.

Inversions of Eb9

  • Root position

    Eb · G · Bb · Db · F · bass Eb

  • Inversion 1

    G · Bb · Db · Eb · F · bass G

  • Inversion 2

    Bb · Db · Eb · F · G · bass Bb

  • Inversion 3

    Db · Eb · F · G · Bb · bass Db

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Eb9

  • AbV

In Ab it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. Ab
  2. Eb9
  3. Fm
  4. Db

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