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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 · subdominant× 2 4 3 4 2
Db7, x 4 6 4 6 4Db7412131×DbAbBFAb
VII · subdominant× 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 and 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 and Fret →

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