Chord

Eb Major 7

  • Ebmaj7
  • EbM7
  • Ebmajor7
  • EbΔ7
  • EbΔ
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EbM3Gm3BbM3D

Eb Major 7, written Ebmaj7, is built from Eb, G, Bb and D: the root, major 3rd, 5th and major 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, G and D, 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.

In the progressions here, Ebmaj7 is the Imaj7 of the Major ii-V-I Progression in Eb, the IVmaj7 of the Minor Plagal Cadence in Bb, the ♭IIImaj7 of the Tadd Dameron Turnaround in C and the ♭VImaj7 of the Coltrane Changes in G.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    Eb Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    Eb Lydian

  3. Mode of Major Bebop

    Eb Major Bebop

    The major bebop scale adds a #5 passing tone to the major scale, so that a run of eight...

Voicings All 14