E♭ Minor
E♭m
Notes
E♭ · G♭ · B♭
Intervals
- RootE♭ (1P)
- Minor 3rdG♭ (3m)
- Perfect 5thB♭ (5P)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
CAGED shapes (3)
Triad inversions (9)
Spread / open triads (8)
About
The E♭ minor triad (E♭–G♭–B♭) lowers the third by a half step, introducing a darker, more inward quality. It functions as the tonic of E♭ minor or as ii in D♭ major. The G♭ is the defining tone — it is what separates minor from major and from any sus chord that omits the third entirely. On guitar, the fifth can be omitted or doubled freely; root and ♭3 together are sufficient to establish the minor sound. Minor chords commonly precede dominants (E♭m7→A♭7→D♭Maj7 as ii–V–I) or move within minor diatonic harmony. Compared to E♭dim, minor is stable due to its perfect fifth; compared to E♭, it carries a more subdued, reflective quality.
Chord diagrams
Eb Minor voicing charts — tap a sheet to open it full size to save or print.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- E♭ Blues (deg 1)
- E♭ Dorian (I)
- E♭ Harmonic Minor (I)
- E♭ Melodic Minor (I)
- E♭ Minor Pentatonic (deg 1)
- E♭ Natural Minor (I)
- E♭ Phrygian (I)
- A♭ Dorian (V)
- A♭ Mixolydian (V)
- A♭ Natural Minor (V)
- B Lydian (III)
- B Major (III)
- B♭ Diminished (deg 4)
- B♭ Harmonic Minor (IV)
- B♭ Locrian (IV)
- B♭ Natural Minor (IV)
- B♭ Phrygian (IV)
- C Blues (deg 2)
- C Locrian (III)
- D♭ Diminished (deg 2)
- D♭ Dorian (II)
- D♭ Major (II)
- D♭ Melodic Minor (II)
- D♭ Mixolydian (II)
- E Diminished (deg 8)
- E Lydian (VII)
- F Locrian (VII)
- F Phrygian (VII)
- F♯ Lydian (VI)
- F♯ Major (VI)
- F♯ Major Pentatonic (deg 5)
- F♯ Mixolydian (VI)
- G Diminished (deg 6)
- G Harmonic Minor (VI)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.