Eb Minor Chord

All three chord tones are black keys. Compare the white G above E flat with G flat: that one adjacent-key change turns E-flat major into E-flat minor.

E flat is the root. G flat is three semitones above it, a minor third. B flat is seven semitones above the root. If the written chord symbol has a small m, such as Ebm, the third is the note you should check first. Minor Chord gives the general formula.

When G flat is the lowest note in the whole arrangement, write Ebm/Gb. With B flat in the bass, write Ebm/Bb. An inversion changes the register and bass line, while the note set stays E flat-G flat-B flat.

E flat minor is the home triad in E flat natural minor. It is also the sixth chord in G flat major. In that major key, the same notes have a different role because the melody and surrounding chords point elsewhere.

Try Ebm-Abm-Bbm-Ebm. These four chords come from the E flat natural-minor scale. The final Ebm repeats the first chord, so listen for the return after the middle two. If you later replace the chord on scale degree 5 with its major form, you will introduce a raised seventh from harmonic minor.

Raise G flat to G; keep E flat and B flat. You get E flat-G-B flat. Play both chords at the same volume, then alternate their thirds alone. The single changed key is the reliable distinction, even when tempo or instrument color changes.

Play E flat-G flat-B flat together, then G flat-B flat-E flat. Name the new lowest note before pressing "Hear" again. Return to root position, change G flat to G, and say whether the result is major or minor.