E♭ guitar chord
E flat major. Notes: E♭ G B♭. Also written D♯.01
HardEasy shape
A-shape · fret 6 · Full & movable
Root on the 5th string at fret 6. Set your first finger across fret 6 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A fret 6, finger 1 (E♭)
- D fret 8, finger 2 (B♭)
- G fret 8, finger 3 (E♭)
- B fret 8, finger 4 (G)
- High E fret 6, finger 1 (B♭)
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HardHarder shape
E-shape · fret 11 · Full & movable
Root on the 6th string at fret 11. Set your first finger across fret 11 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E fret 11, finger 1 (E♭)
- A fret 13, finger 3 (B♭)
- D fret 13, finger 4 (E♭)
- G fret 12, finger 2 (G)
- B fret 11, finger 1 (B♭)
- High E fret 11, finger 1 (E♭)
Hear it, then check it
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Open E♭ in Chordbyte03
Practise changing to E♭
Four-chord progressions with E♭ in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.
- B♭ major, I–V–vi–IV: B♭ F Gm E♭As in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- B♭ major, I–vi–IV–V: B♭ Gm E♭ FAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
- B♭ major, vi–IV–I–V: Gm E♭ B♭ FAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
- B♭ major, I–IV–V–I: B♭ E♭ F B♭As in “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens (the same I, IV and V).
- B♭ major, I–ii–IV–V: B♭ Cm E♭ F
- B♭ major, I–IV–I–V: B♭ E♭ B♭ FAs in “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison (verse).
- E♭ major, I–V–vi–IV: E♭ B♭ Cm A♭As in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- E♭ major, I–vi–IV–V: E♭ Cm A♭ B♭As in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
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