Key of E♭ minor
The key of E♭ minor has six flats — B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭ and C♭. Its natural minor scale runs E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭, and building a triad on each of those seven notes — stacking thirds from the scale itself — produces the key's seven chords.
That gives three minor chords, three major chords and one diminished chord. Home base is E♭m (i), flanked by A♭m (iv) and B♭m (v); the majors G♭ (III), C♭ (VI) and D♭ (VII) brighten the key, and F° (ii°) appears mostly as a passing chord.
Relative major: G♭ major — in practice written as F♯ major, its enharmonic equivalent with six sharps; the chords sound the same but are spelled differently.
The seven chords of E♭ minor
Common questions
- What chords are in the key of E♭ minor?
- The seven chords in the key of E♭ minor are E♭m (i), F° (ii°), G♭ (III), A♭m (iv), B♭m (v), C♭ (VI) and D♭ (VII).
- What is the relative major of E♭ minor?
- Strictly G♭ major, which is almost always written as F♯ major — the same key spelled with six sharps instead of six flats. The chords sound identical either way; F♯ major simply treats F♯, not E♭m, as home.
- How many sharps or flats does E♭ minor have?
- E♭ minor has six flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭ and C♭.