Ebm9 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Ebm9 is a minor ninth chord built from Eb, Gb, 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.

Ebm9

Eb · Gb · Bb · Db · F

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7 – 10 – 14

The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.

Inversions of Ebm9

  • Root position

    Eb · Gb · Bb · Db · F · bass Eb

  • Inversion 1

    Gb · Bb · Db · Eb · F · bass Gb

  • Inversion 2

    Bb · Db · Eb · F · Gb · bass Bb

  • Inversion 3

    Db · Eb · F · Gb · 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 Ebm9

  • Dbii
  • F#vi

In Db it does this job: ii – V – I

  1. Ebm9
  2. Ab
  3. Db

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