Chord

Eb Diminished 7

  • Ebdim7
  • Ebo7
  • Eb°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Ebm3Gbm3Bbbm3Dbb

Eb Diminished 7, written Ebdim7, is built from Eb, Gb, Bbb and Dbb: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Gb and Dbb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    Eb Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    Eb Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18