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How to play the Eb7 piano chord

(Basic Eb7 piano chord and Inversions of the Eb7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Eb7
  • The Eb7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Major third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Eb7 chord are: Eb – G – Bb – Db
  • A seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Major third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Eb7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Eb7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Eb7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Eb7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)
Eb7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)

 

Eb7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Eb7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Eb7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Eb7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

More on the Eb7 chord

  • The Eb7 chord is step 1 in the Eb mixolydian scale.
  • The Eb7 chord is step 5 (dominant) in the Ab major (ionian) scale

The Eb mixolydian scale consists of the notes: Eb – F – G – Ab – Bb – C – Db – (Eb)
The Ab major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – G – (Ab)

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