How to Play Eb7 on Piano

The Eb Dominant 7th chord sounds restless and bluesy. It stacks 4 notes: Eb – G – Bb – Db.

A major triad plus a flattened seventh. The tritone between its third and seventh is what makes it lean so hard toward the chord a fourth above.

Notes in Eb7

NoteIntervalFinger
EbEb4Root1
GG4Major 3rd2
BbBb4Perfect 5th3
DbDb5Minor 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on Eb. Use finger 2 on G, finger 3 on Bb, and finger 5 on Db.

Where it sits

3 notes of this chord (Eb, Bb, Db) are on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Dominant 7th Chords

C7
C – E – G – Bb
Db7
Db – F – Ab – Cb
D7
D – F# – A – C
E7
E – G# – B – D
F7
F – A – C – Eb
F#7
F# – A# – C# – E
G7
G – B – D – F
Ab7
Ab – C – Eb – Gb
A7
A – C# – E – G
Bb7
Bb – D – F – Ab
B7
B – D# – F# – A

Other Eb Chords

Eb6
Eb – G – Bb – C
Eb9
Eb – G – Bb – Db – F
Eb
Eb – G – Bb
Ebm
Eb – Gb – Bb
Ebmaj7
Eb – G – Bb – D
Ebm7
Eb – Gb – Bb – Db
Ebaug
Eb – G – B
Ebsus2
Eb – F – Bb
Ebsus4
Eb – Ab – Bb
Ebm6
Eb – Gb – Bb – C
Ebadd9
Eb – G – Bb – F