Eb7 chord on guitar

Eb dominant 7th

134xEADGBe6
x68686Barre at fret 6

Eb7 is a dominant 7th chord with four notes: Eb, G, Bb and Db. Learn it first as a barre at fret 6, your index finger flat across five strings. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way to play it.

Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.

How to play it

  1. Index flat across fret 6, from the A string to the high e
  2. Ring on the D string, fret 8
  3. Pinky on the B string, fret 8

The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.

Strings to skip

Skip the low E string and strum from the A string down.

Shape
Barre at fret 6index finger across five strings at fret 6
Fingers
Threeindex, ring and pinky
Strings played
FiveA, D, G, B and high e
Open strings
Noneevery played string is fretted
Lowest note
Eb3the root, on the A string
Frets
x 6 8 6 8 6low E to high e, x means skip it

The notes in Eb7

  • Ebroot
  • Gmajor third
  • Bbperfect fifth
  • Dbminor seventh

A dominant 7th chord is a major chord with a minor seventh added on top. G is the major third, four frets above the root. Bb is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. Db is the minor seventh, ten frets above the root.

String by string

  1. high e string: Bb4perfect fifth
  2. B string: G4major third
  3. G string: Db4minor seventh
  4. D string: Bb3perfect fifth
  5. A string: Eb3root
  6. low E string: not played

Every note of Eb7 is in this shape, some of them twice.

Another way to play it

  • EADGBe11Barre at fret 1111 13 11 12 11 11Root on the low E string.

Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.

Open the chord detector, play Eb7 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.