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

Eb is a major chord built from Eb, G, Bb. 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.

Eb

Eb · G · Bb

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7

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

Inversions of Eb

  • Root position

    Eb · G · Bb · bass Eb

  • Inversion 1

    G · Bb · Eb · bass G

  • Inversion 2

    Bb · Eb · G · bass Bb

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 Eb

  • AbV
  • EbI
  • BbIV

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

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

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