Eb5 chord on guitar

Eb power chord

134xxxEADGBe6
x688xxAt fret 6

Eb5 is a power chord with two notes: Eb and Bb. Learn it first at fret 6, with three fingers. 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 on the A string, fret 6
  2. Ring on the D string, fret 8
  3. Pinky on the G string, fret 8

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

Strings to skip

Play only the A, D and G strings. Keep the low E, B and high e strings silent.

Shape
At fret 6
Fingers
Threeindex, ring and pinky
Strings played
ThreeA, D and G
Open strings
Noneevery played string is fretted
Lowest note
Eb3the root, on the A string
Frets
x 6 8 8 x xlow E to high e, x means skip it

The notes in Eb5

  • Ebroot
  • Bbperfect fifth

A power chord is only the root and the perfect fifth. With no third, it is neither major nor minor. Bb is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.

String by string

  1. high e string: not played
  2. B string: not played
  3. G string: Eb4root
  4. D string: Bb3perfect fifth
  5. A string: Eb3root
  6. low E string: not played

Every note of Eb5 is in this shape, some of them twice.

Another way to play it

  • xxxEADGBe11At fret 1111 13 13 x x xRoot on the low E string.

Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.

Open the chord detector, play Eb5 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.