Chord & FretHarmonic field of Eb minor
The harmonic field of Eb minor is the set of seven chords born from the Eb minor scale — one on each of its notes. The table shows each in two versions: the triad (the three-note chord) and the seventh chord (the same chord with a fourth note, the seventh, that enriches it).
Notes: Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db| Degree | Triad | Seventh | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| i | Ebm | Ebm7Ebm7Ebm7Ebm7 | tonic |
| ii° | F° | Fm7b5 | subdominant |
| III | Gb | Gbmaj7Gbmaj7Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 | tonic |
| iv | Abm | Abm7Abm7Abm7Abm7 | subdominant |
| v | Bbm | Bbm7Bbm7Bbm7Bbm7 | dominant |
| VI | Cb | Cbmaj7Cbmaj7Cbmaj7Cbmaj7 | tonic |
| VII | Db | Db7Db7Db7Db7 | dominant |
The roman numerals mark the chord's position in the scale: I is the first degree, V the fifth. Uppercase = major chord; lowercase = minor; ° = diminished.
Tonic chords stabilize and rest; subdominant chords prepare motion; dominant chords build the tension that asks for resolution.
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.
The tonic chord on all four instruments
In Chord & Fret, open the Circle of Fifths, pick Eb minor and hear every degree — triads and sevenths, with fretboard positions and the key's secondary dominants. Open in Chord & Fret →