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E♭ Minor Scale on Piano

The E♭ Minor scale contains E♭, F, F#, A♭, B♭, B and D♭ — 7 notes. Every one is marked across three octaves of the keyboard below, labelled with note names and with interval numbers.

  • Root
  • Major 2nd
  • Minor 3rd
  • Perfect 4th
  • Perfect 5th
  • Minor 6th
  • Minor 7th
E♭ Minor — 7 notes
Degree 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
Note E♭ F F# A♭ B♭ B D♭
Interval Root Major 2nd Minor 3rd Perfect 4th Perfect 5th Minor 6th Minor 7th

Note names

E♭ Minor scale piano keyboard diagram: every position of E♭, F, F#, A♭, B♭, B and D♭ across three octaves

Interval numbers

E♭ Minor scale piano keyboard diagram labelled with interval numbers

Modes

1 F# Ionian
2 A♭ Dorian
3 B♭ Phrygian
4 B Lydian
5 D♭ Mixolydian
6 E♭ Aeolian
7 F Locrian

Triads

i E♭m
ii°
III F#
iv A♭m
v B♭m
VI B
VII D♭

7th Chords

i E♭m7
iiø Fm7♭5
III F#maj7
iv A♭m7
v B♭m7
VI Bmaj7
VII D♭7

Circle of fifths

Circle of fifths — E♭ Minor pianolytics.com C G D A E B F# D♭ A♭ E♭ B♭ F

Smaller scales inside E♭ Minor

Major Pentatonic D♭ F# B
Minor Pentatonic E♭ A♭ B♭
Dominant Pentatonic (Mixolydian Pentatonic) D♭
Minor Sixth Pentatonic A♭

Frequently asked questions

What notes are in the E♭ Minor scale?

E♭, F, F#, A♭, B♭, B and D♭. That is 7 notes.

Which chords go with the E♭ Minor scale?

The triads built from its own notes: E♭m, F°, F#, A♭m, B♭m, B and D♭. Those are the chords that will sound consonant over it.

Which smaller scales fit inside the E♭ Minor scale?

D♭ Major Pentatonic, E♭ Minor Pentatonic, D♭ Dominant Pentatonic (Mixolydian Pentatonic) and A♭ Minor Sixth Pentatonic. Every note of those is also in the E♭ Minor scale, so they can be played over it.

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