What notes are in the Eb madd4 chord?

The Eb madd4 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Ab · Bb: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P 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 madd4 chord?

Measured from Eb, the Eb madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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 madd4 chord?

On guitar the most common Eb madd4 shape is x64344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Ab3 · Bb3 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 Madd4 Chord (Ebmadd4): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Eb3 · Gb3 · Ab3 · Bb3
Open (drop 2)	Ab2 · Eb3 · Gb3 · Bb3

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Anatomy

Eb madd4 (Ebmadd4) contains the notes Eb · Gb · Ab · Bb, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

An inversion of Eb madd4 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 madd4 belongs to.

In which keys

Eb madd4 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B majoriiiadd4Tonic
G# minorvadd4Dominant
F# majorviadd4Tonic
D# minoriadd4Tonic
Db majoriiadd4Subdominant
Bb minorivadd4Subdominant

Scales that contain it

Eb madd4 fits inside these scales, each built on Eb.

Eb Minor PentatonicEb · Gb · Ab · Bb · Db
Eb MinorEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb Melodic MinorEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D
Eb Harmonic MinorEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · D
Eb DorianEb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db
Eb PhrygianEb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db
Eb Vietnamese 1Eb · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb
Eb Minor Sixth PentatonicEb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Eb madd4: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Ebsus4Eb · Ab · Bb
EbmEb · Gb · Bb
Eb5Eb · Bb

Richer

Ebm11Eb · Gb · Bb · Db · F · Ab
Ebm7add11Eb · Gb · Bb · Db · Ab

madd4 on every root

Cmadd4 C#madd4 Dbmadd4 Dmadd4 D#madd4 Emadd4 Fmadd4 F#madd4 Gmadd4 G#madd4 Abmadd4 Amadd4 A#madd4 Bbmadd4 Bmadd4

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Understanding the Eb madd4 chord

Names and symbols

Ebmadd4 is the chord symbol for Eb madd4.

Eb madd4 and D# madd4 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. D# madd4

Common questions

What notes are in the Eb madd4 chord?: The Eb madd4 chord contains the notes Eb · Gb · Ab · Bb: the root Eb with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P 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 madd4 chord?: Measured from Eb, the Eb madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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 madd4 chord?: On guitar the most common Eb madd4 shape is x64344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Eb3 · Gb3 · Ab3 · Bb3 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.