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Harmonic field of Eb minor on guitar

Eb minor: Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db. In the shapes below, the tonic opens with the bass on Eb. On the guitar, six strings give the chord room to breathe — some positions use them all, others ask you to mute the lowest ones. Its hollow wooden body gives every chord a warm, natural ring that blooms and fades on its own.

Ebm7, x 6 8 6 7 6Ebm7613121×EbBbDbGbBb
i · tonic× 6 8 6 7 6
Fm7b5, 1 x 1 1 0 xFm7b5123F×EbAbB×
ii° · subdominant1 × 1 1 0 ×
Gbmaj7, 2 4 3 3 2 2Gbmaj7142311GbDbFBbDbGb
III · tonic2 4 3 3 2 2
Abm7, 4 6 4 4 4 4Abm74131111AbEbGbBEbAb
iv · subdominant4 6 4 4 4 4
Bbm7, x 1 3 1 2 1Bbm713121×BbFAbDbF
v · dominant× 1 3 1 2 1
Cbmaj7, x 2 4 3 4 2Cbmaj713241×BGbBbEbGb
VI · tonic× 2 4 3 4 2
Db7, x 4 6 4 6 4Db7412131×DbAbBFAb
VII · dominant× 4 6 4 6 4

This is the natural-minor field. In practice the v often becomes V (major) or V7 — borrowed from the harmonic minor — to create the leading tone that pulls back to the tonic.

These are the first positions of every degree of Eb minor on guitar. In Chord & Fret, the Circle of Fifths opens the full field — every degree with all its positions, audio and the key's secondary dominants. Open in Chord & Fret →

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