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How to play the Ebm7 piano chord

(Basic Ebm7 piano chord and Inversions of the Ebm7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Ebm7
  • The Ebm7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Ebm7 chord are: Eb – Gb – Bb – Db
  • A minor-seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor 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 Ebm7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Ebm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Ebm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Ebm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Ebm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Ebm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Ebm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Ebm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Ebm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

 

More on the Ebm7 chord

  • The Ebm7 chord is step 1 in the Eb minor (aeolian) scale.
  • The Ebm7 chord is step 6 in the Gb major (ionian) scale

The Eb minor (aeolian) scale consists of the notes: Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db – (Eb)
The Gb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db – Eb – F – (Gb)

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