E♭ minor has 6 flats — B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭. Here's the signature on the staff, the full scale, its relative major, and the trick to recognize it instantly.
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E♭ minor borrows its 6 flats straight from its relative major, G♭ major. Beyond the signature, minor keys typically raise the seventh degree into a leading tone, so expect an extra accidental in the music that the key signature never shows.
The E♭ minor scale runs E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭. Every flattened note in the piece takes the key's accidentals automatically, which is exactly what the signature saves you from writing note by note.
E♭ minor shares its signature — 6 flats — with its relative major, G♭ major, a minor third above the tonic. They use the same seven pitches; what tells them apart is which note the music settles on and treats as home.
E♭ minor has 6 flats — B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭.
The relative major of E♭ minor is G♭ major — it shares the identical key signature (6 flats).
The E♭ minor scale is E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭.
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