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The harmonic field of E♭ major 3 flats in the key signature. Click a degree to hear it, or hear the whole field.
Triads E ♭ I Tonic Diatonic F m ii Subdominant Diatonic G m iii Tonic Diatonic A ♭ IV Subdominant Diatonic B ♭ V Dominant Diatonic C m vi Tonic Diatonic D dim vii° Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function I E ♭ E♭ · G · B♭ Tonic ii F m F · A♭ · C Subdominant iii G m G · B♭ · D Tonic IV A ♭ A♭ · C · E♭ Subdominant V B ♭ B♭ · D · F Dominant vi C m C · E♭ · G Tonic vii° D dim D · F · A♭ Dominant
Seventh chords E ♭ maj7 Imaj7 Tonic Diatonic F m7 ii7 Subdominant Diatonic G m7 iii7 Tonic Diatonic A ♭ maj7 IVmaj7 Subdominant Diatonic B ♭ 7 V7 Dominant Diatonic C m7 vi7 Tonic Diatonic D m7 ♭5 viiø7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function Imaj7 E ♭ maj7 E♭ · G · B♭ · D Tonic ii7 F m7 F · A♭ · C · E♭ Subdominant iii7 G m7 G · B♭ · D · F Tonic IVmaj7 A ♭ maj7 A♭ · C · E♭ · G Subdominant V7 B ♭ 7 B♭ · D · F · A♭ Dominant vi7 C m7 C · E♭ · G · B♭ Tonic viiø7 D m7 ♭5 D · F · A♭ · C Dominant
The notes are spelled in octave 4, from E♭4. The function is assigned by degree — tonic on I, III and VI; subdominant on II and IV; dominant on V and VII — which is how the harmonic field is taught. Context can change that reading, and the tool reports the degree.
Related keys C minor Relative: the same key signature, in the other mode. E♭ minor Parallel: the same tonic, in the other mode. E♭ in the dictionary The tonic triad: notes, staff, keyboard and guitar shapes. Read about Diatonic harmony The chords that arise from stacking thirds on each degree of a scale, and why each quality lands where it does. Harmonic function The role each degree plays — tonic, subdominant, or dominant — and the tension that moves one to the next. Roman numeral analysis The notation that describes a chord by the position it occupies in the key rather than by the note it sits on. Minor key harmony The minor harmonic field, which is not one field: the three minor scales produce different chords on the same degree.