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Ebmaj7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play E Flat Major Seventh (Charts)

Ebmaj7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as ebmaj7 chord, ebmaj7 guitar chord and how to play Ebmaj7.

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.

Ebmaj7 chord diagram, Open positionEbmaj7 Open position: low E muted, A muted, D fret 1, G open, B fret 3, high e fret 3.××134x x 1 0 3 3
Open position
x x 1 0 3 3
Ebmaj7 chord diagram, Barre (6th fret, A-string root)Ebmaj7 Barre (6th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 6, D fret 8, G fret 7, B fret 8, high e fret 6.6fr×1324x 6 8 7 8 6
Barre (6th fret, A-string root)
x 6 8 7 8 6
Ebmaj7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionEbmaj7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 8, B fret 8, high e fret 10.8fr×××123x x x 8 8 10
Easy 3-string version
x x x 8 8 10

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 Ebmaj7 (E flat major seventh) on guitar, play x x 1 0 3 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains Eb, G, Bb, D. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 8 8 10, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Ebmaj7 chord facts

Chord Ebmaj7 (E flat major seventh)
Other names EbM7, EbΔ7, D#maj7 (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes Eb, G, Bb, D
Intervals Eb (root), G (major 3rd), Bb (perfect 5th), D (major 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Ebmaj7 on guitar?

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

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret