Chord Progressions in E Flat Minor

Common progressions in E flat minor

i-iv-v-i: Ebm – Abm – Bbm – Ebm

The basic minor progression: home, away, back home. (Ebm = Eb Gb Bb · Abm = Ab Cb Eb · Bbm = Bb Db F · Ebm = Eb Gb Bb)

i-VI-III-VII: Ebm – Cb – Gb – Db

A big, epic minor loop heard in film music and rock. (Ebm = Eb Gb Bb · Cb = Cb Eb Gb · Gb = Gb Bb Db · Db = Db F Ab)

i-iv-V-i: Ebm – Abm – Bb – Ebm

Like the basic minor progression, but the major V pulls harder back home. (Ebm = Eb Gb Bb · Abm = Ab Cb Eb · Bb = Bb D F · Ebm = Eb Gb Bb)

iiø-V-i: Fm7b5 – Bb7 – Ebm7

The minor version of the jazz cadence. (Fm7b5 = F Ab Cb Eb · Bb7 = Bb D F Ab · Ebm7 = Eb Gb Bb Db)

i-VII-VI-VII: Ebm – Db – Cb – Db

A rocking back-and-forth that never quite lands. (Ebm = Eb Gb Bb · Db = Db F Ab · Cb = Cb Eb Gb · Db = Db F Ab)

i-VI-iv-V: Ebm – Cb – Abm – Bb

It builds up and the last chord leads you home. (Ebm = Eb Gb Bb · Cb = Cb Eb Gb · Abm = Ab Cb Eb · Bb = Bb D F)

Three steps to learn any of these

1. Count four beats per chord and name it out loud.
2. Loop the progression until you no longer look at your hands.
3. Speed up only when every change is clean.