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Eb7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play E Flat Seventh (Charts)

Eb7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as eb7 chord, eb7 guitar chord and how to play Eb7.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Eb7 chord diagram, Open positionEb7 Open position: low E muted, A muted, D fret 1, G open, B fret 2, high e fret 3.××123x x 1 0 2 3
Open position
x x 1 0 2 3
Eb7 chord diagram, Barre (6th fret, A-string root)Eb7 Barre (6th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 6, D fret 8, G fret 6, B fret 8, high e fret 6.6fr×134x 6 8 6 8 6
Barre (6th fret, A-string root)
x 6 8 6 8 6
Eb7 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionEb7 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 1, G fret 3, B fret 2, high e fret 3.××1324x x 1 3 2 3
Easy 4-string version
x x 1 3 2 3

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Eb7 (E flat seventh) on guitar, play x x 1 0 2 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains Eb, G, Bb, Db. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 1 3 2 3, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Eb7 chord facts

Chord Eb7 (E flat seventh)
Other names Ebdom7, D#7 (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes Eb, G, Bb, Db
Intervals Eb (root), G (major 3rd), Bb (perfect 5th), Db (minor 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Eb7 on guitar?

The main shape is x x 1 0 2 3 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 1 (Eb, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the B string at fret 2 (Db, the minor 7th).