Skip to content
Barre None

Setup

Instrument

E A D G B E

Diagrams

Playback

Barre None Pro

Pro — this build has no purchasing set up, so every feature is unlocked.

Practice mode, the songbook and worksheets are unlocked on this device.

Your data

Your songs, set lists, progressions, drill bests and preferences live only in this browser. Export a backup file to keep them safe or move them to another device.

Key

Chords in Eb Locrian

Eb Locrian is built from the notes Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb and Db. Its scale carries 8 flats. Harmonising that scale in thirds gives seven chords — 3 majors, 3 minors and 1 diminished — starting on Ebdim as the iø. The chord on the fifth degree is Bbb, a major bV, so Eb Locrian has the leading tone that makes a Bbb-to-Ebdim cadence sound final.

Beyond those seven, Eb Locrian commonly borrows Eb (I), Fm (ii), Gm (iii), Ab (IV) and Bb (V) from the parallel major — the mixture chords that give a progression somewhere unexpected to go.

The seven chords

iøEbdimEb diminished, open position, capo 02012xxbIIFbFb major, open position, capo 0022100biiiGbmGb minor, open position, capo 0244222ivAbmAb minor, position 4, capo 04fr466444bVBbbBbb major, open position, capo 0x02220bVICbCb major, open position, capo 0x24442bviiDbmDb minor, position 4, capo 04frx46650

Extended to four notes each, the same seven degrees give Ebm7b5, Fbmaj7, Gbm7, Abm7, Bbbmaj7, Cb7, Dbm7.

Borrowed chords

IEbEb major, position 4, capo 04frx65046iiFmF minor, open position, capo 0133111iiiGmG minor, open position, capo 0310033IVAbAb major, position 4, capo 04fr466544VBbBb major, open position, capo 0x10331viCmC minor, open position, capo 0x31013viiøDdimD diminished, open position, capo 0xx0131
Capo

Capo 4 and play Cb Locrian shapes to sound Eb Locrian.

All eight capo positions for Eb Locrian →

Related keys

Open Eb Locrian in the explorer →