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

Ebm is a minor chord built from Eb, Gb, 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.

Ebm

Eb · Gb · Bb

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7

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

Inversions of Ebm

  • Root position

    Eb · Gb · Bb · bass Eb

  • Inversion 1

    Gb · Bb · Eb · bass Gb

  • Inversion 2

    Bb · Eb · Gb · 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 Ebm

  • Dbii
  • Biii
  • F#vi

In Db it does this job: ii – V – I

  1. Ebm
  2. Ab
  3. Db

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