Ebmaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Ebmaj7 is a major seventh chord built from Eb, G, Bb, D. 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.

Ebmaj7

Eb · G · Bb · D

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7 – 11

A major third at the bottom is what makes this bright and settled.

Inversions of Ebmaj7

  • Root position

    Eb · G · Bb · D · bass Eb

  • Inversion 1

    G · Bb · D · Eb · bass G

  • Inversion 2

    Bb · D · Eb · G · bass Bb

  • Inversion 3

    D · Eb · G · Bb · bass D

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 Ebmaj7

  • EbI
  • BbIV

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

  1. Ebmaj7
  2. Bb
  3. Cm
  4. Ab

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