What notes are in the Eb m69 chord?

The Eb m69 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Bb · C · F: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Eb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the Eb m69 chord?

Measured from Eb, the Eb m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the Eb m69 chord?

On guitar the most common Eb m69 shape is 111312, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Bb3 · C4 · F4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

Eb M69 Chord (Ebm69): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Eb3 · Gb3 · Bb3 · C4 · F4
Open (drop 2)	C3 · Eb3 · Gb3 · Bb3 · F4
Shell	Eb3 · Gb3 · C4
Rootless	Gb3 · C4 · F4

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Anatomy

Eb m69 (Ebm69) contains the notes Eb · Gb · Bb · C · F, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of Eb m69 puts a chord tone other than Eb in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales Eb m69 belongs to.

In which keys

Eb m69 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

Db majorii69Subdominant
Bb minoriv69Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

Eb m69 fits inside these scales, each built on Eb.

Eb Major BluesEb · F · Gb · G · Bb · C
Eb Melodic MinorEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D
Eb DorianEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db
Eb Dorian #4Eb · F · Gb · A · Bb · C · Db
Eb Lydian DiminishedEb · F · Gb · A · Bb · C · D
Eb Bebop MinorEb · F · Gb · G · Ab · Bb · C · Db
Eb Minor Six DiminishedEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · C · D
Eb Messiaen's Mode #7Eb · Fb · F · Gb · Ab · A · Bb · Cb · C · D

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Eb m69: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Ebm6Eb · Gb · Bb · C
Ebmadd9Eb · Gb · Bb · F
EbmEb · Gb · Bb
Ebsus2Eb · F · Bb
Eb5Eb · Bb

Richer

Ebm13Eb · Gb · Bb · Db · F · C

m69 on every root

Cm69 C#m69 Dbm69 Dm69 D#m69 Em69 Fm69 F#m69 Gm69 G#m69 Abm69 Am69 Bbm69 Bm69

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Understanding the Eb m69 chord

Names and symbols

Ebm69 is the chord symbol for Eb m69; it is also written Eb-69.

6add9, 6/9 and 69 all mean the sixth chord with an added ninth; the slash in 6/9 is not a bass note.

Eb m69 and D# m69 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. D# m69

Common questions

What notes are in the Eb m69 chord?: The Eb m69 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Bb · C · F: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Eb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the Eb m69 chord?: Measured from Eb, the Eb m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the Eb m69 chord?: On guitar the most common Eb m69 shape is 111312, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Bb3 · C4 · F4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.