Guitar Chords in E Flat Major

The guitar chords in E Flat Major are Eb, Fm, Gm, Ab, Bb, Cm, and Do (D diminished or Ddim).

All these chords are in first position.

The key of Eb has 3 flats (Bb, Eb, and Ab). The opposite of E which has 4 sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#). What is sharped in E, is natural in E flat. What is flatted in E flat, are natural in the key of E.

To Do

• Fret all of the guitar chords in E flat (the Diatonic Triads above).
• Practice the scale - play it 50 times.
• Play the Chord Scale (play chords as you would a scale with any beat count). I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-viio-I
• Play progressions: I-vi-ii-V7-I and I-V-IV-I.
• Write your own progression, using the following in mind, but not necessarily sticking to:

Cadd9

add9 means that we've added a 9 to the chord. The 9 of C is D. 123456789 = cdefgabcd. D is also the 2, and we could call an add9 chord an add2 (sometimes you'll see just a 2, like C2, but this isn't as common). It would be a sus 9 (more likely written sus2) if the 9 replaced the 3rd.

If the chord was Cm9, without the add part, this would mean that there is a flat 7 present in the chord, along with the 9.

We've included the D tone in this C minor chord to make it strum-friendly. If we didn't add this tone, we'd have to find a way to mute the B string if we were strumming. Fretting the C tone on that string can be difficult. It is a great sounding chord when we add the 9.

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Guitar chords in E Flat and all other keys