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

Ebdim is a diminished chord built from Eb, Gb, Bbb. 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.

Ebdim

Eb · Gb · Bbb

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 6

Two minor thirds stacked. Nothing sits still here; it is a chord that leads somewhere.

Inversions of Ebdim

  • Root position

    Eb · Gb · Bbb · bass Eb

  • Inversion 1

    Gb · Bbb · Eb · bass Gb

  • Inversion 2

    Bbb · Eb · Gb · bass Bbb

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 Ebdim

  • Evii°

In E it does this job: IV – vii° – I

  1. A
  2. Ebdim
  3. E

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