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E♭ major: scale and chords
The E♭ major scale, its seven chords and the keys that mix with it, with a loop in E♭ major that plays right here. Move it a semitone, then hum over it.
Mika plays E♭ B♭ Cm A♭ on a loop. Four chords, one per bar, nothing clever.Four chords of E♭ major over drums and bass, 123 BPM.
The E♭ major scale
E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D
Three flats: E♭ A♭ B♭; three black keys on a piano (E♭ A♭ B♭). Whole and half steps: W W H W W W H.
The chord on the fifth degree, B♭7, pulls back to E♭.
In Hz, from the keynote in octave 4: E♭4 311.1 · F4 349.2 · G4 392.0 · A♭4 415.3 · B♭4 466.2 · C5 523.3 · D5 587.3
The chords in E♭ major
Tap a chord to hear it.
| Degree | Chord | Notes | Seventh | Bass, Hz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | E♭ G B♭ | E♭maj7 | E♭2 77.8 | |
| ii | F A♭ C | Fm7 | F2 87.3 | |
| iii | G B♭ D | Gm7 | G2 98.0 | |
| IV | A♭ C E♭ | A♭maj7 | A♭2 103.8 | |
| V | B♭ D F | B♭7 | B♭2 116.5 | |
| vi | C E♭ G | Cm7 | C2 65.4 | |
| vii° | D F A♭ | Dm7♭5 | D2 73.4 |
The loop plays I–V–vi–IV: E♭ B♭ Cm A♭.
Keys that mix with E♭ major
On the Camelot wheel E♭ major is 5B (Open Key 10d). Tracks in these keys mix without a clash:
- 5A C minor relative minor, the same seven notes
- 4B A♭ major one step down
- 6B B♭ major one step up
- 7B F major two steps up, the energy boost
Same keynote, the other mode: E♭ minor (2A), three notes apart.
Where E♭ major sits
| Open strings | In E♭ major | Keynote on an open string |
|---|---|---|
| Guitar E A D G B E | 2 of 6 | – |
| Bass E A D G | 2 of 4 | – |
| Violin G D A E | 2 of 4 | – |
| Viola C G D A | 3 of 4 | – |
| Cello C G D A | 3 of 4 | – |
| Ukulele G C E A | 2 of 4 | – |
Choir parts (soprano C4–G5, alto G3–D5, tenor C3–G4, bass F2–D4, where two part-writing guides agree): E♭4–E♭5 fits the soprano part; E♭3–E♭4 fits the tenor part; no whole E♭-to-E♭ octave fits the alto or bass parts. Find your own range.
As a sub or an 808, the keynote is E♭1 at 38.9 Hz, or E♭2 at 77.8 Hz an octave up. Tune an 808 to E♭.
What plays
Drums, an organ bass and a pluck, the Brumm app's own sounds, four bars at 123 BPM, one chord per bar. The arrows move bass and chords a semitone; the drums stay.
Then hum over it
The hum button opens Brumm with a short line in the key over a beat. Hum yours and it becomes an instrument. No account, no upload.
Sources
Scales and chords: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Camelot, Open Key: Mixed In Key, Mixgraph. Open strings: Wikipedia. Choir parts: Open Music Theory, Geneseo. Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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