Eb Diminished Chord

Symbol: Ebdim

Diagrams

Staff Notation

Staff Notation

Piano Keyboard

Ebdim chord – keys Eb, Gb, Bbb highlightedPiano keyboard with keys Eb, Gb, Bbb highlighted. Eb is the root note.BbbEbGb
Ebdim chord – keys Eb, Gb, Bbb highlightedPiano keyboard with keys Eb, Gb, Bbb highlighted. Eb is the root note.BbbEbGb

Guitar

Guitar chord diagram for Ebdim (6fr)Guitar chord voicing with notes Eb, Bbb, Eb, Gb.Ebdim (6fr)6✕234✕

Intervals

NoteIntervalSemitones
EbP10
Gbm33
Bbbd56

Related Chords (Eb Root)

Eb Ebm Ebaug Ebsus2 Ebsus4 Eb5 Eb7 Ebmaj7 Ebm7 EbmMaj7 Ebdim7 Ebm7b5

Diminished in All Keys

Cdim Dbdim Ddim Ebdim Edim Fdim F#dim Gdim Abdim Adim Bbdim Bdim

Scales Containing Ebdim

Db Natural Minor Db Harmonic Minor Db Aeolian Eb Blues Eb Locrian E Major E Harmonic Minor E Melodic Minor E Ionian F# Melodic Minor F# Dorian G Harmonic Minor

About the Eb Diminished Chord

The Eb Diminished chord is built from the notes Eb, Gb, Bbb. These notes are derived by stacking intervals above the root note Eb, following the interval pattern that defines every Diminished chord. Understanding how a chord is constructed from intervals is one of the most valuable skills in music theory, because it allows you to build the chord in any key and recognize it in any context.

You can use this chord in a variety of musical contexts. Try exploring the scales that contain these notes to discover which keys this chord naturally belongs to. Each scale listed above shares all the notes of this chord, making it a diatonic chord within that key. Understanding these relationships helps with songwriting, improvisation, and arranging.

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