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E♭ minor: scale and chords
The E♭ minor scale, its seven chords and the keys that mix with it, with a loop in E♭ minor that plays right here. Move it a semitone, then hum over it.
Mika files E♭ minor under 2A and mixes into 3A or 1A. Never anywhere stranger.Four chords of E♭ minor over drums and bass, 123 BPM.
The E♭ minor scale
E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭
Six flats: E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭; five black keys on a piano (E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ D♭). Also written as D♯ minor, with six sharps. Whole and half steps: W H W W H W W.
Harmonic minor raises the seventh to D: the chord on the fifth degree turns major (B♭, B♭7) and pulls back to E♭.
In Hz, from the keynote in octave 4: E♭4 311.1 · F4 349.2 · G♭4 370.0 · A♭4 415.3 · B♭4 466.2 · C♭5 493.9 · D♭5 554.4
The chords in E♭ minor
Tap a chord to hear it.
| Degree | Chord | Notes | Seventh | Bass, Hz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | E♭ G♭ B♭ | E♭m7 | E♭2 77.8 | |
| ii° | F A♭ C♭ | Fm7♭5 | F2 87.3 | |
| III | G♭ B♭ D♭ | G♭maj7 | G♭2 92.5 | |
| iv | A♭ C♭ E♭ | A♭m7 | A♭2 103.8 | |
| v | B♭ D♭ F | B♭m7 | B♭2 116.5 | |
| VI | C♭ E♭ G♭ | C♭maj7 | C♭3 123.5 | |
| VII | D♭ F A♭ | D♭7 | D♭2 69.3 |
The loop plays i–VI–III–VII: E♭m C♭ G♭ D♭.
Keys that mix with E♭ minor
On the Camelot wheel E♭ minor is 2A (Open Key 7m). Tracks in these keys mix without a clash:
- 2B F♯ major relative major, the same seven notes
- 1A G♯ minor one step down
- 3A B♭ minor one step up
- 4A F minor two steps up, the energy boost
Same keynote, the other mode: E♭ major (5B), three notes apart.
Where E♭ minor sits
| Open strings | In E♭ minor | Keynote on an open string |
|---|---|---|
| Guitar E A D G B E | 1 of 6 | – |
| Bass E A D G | 0 of 4 | – |
| Violin G D A E | 0 of 4 | – |
| Viola C G D A | 0 of 4 | – |
| Cello C G D A | 0 of 4 | – |
| Ukulele G C E A | 0 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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