Guitar Chords in E Flat Major
Diatonic Triads
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.
The Major Keys: C G D A E B F# Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F
It's time to do the following :
- 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:
What's the add9 in the C minor chord?
add9 means literally 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 very common).
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 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 it if we were strumming. Mine as well just fret this string - it is a great sounding chord.
We could fret the C - the first fret on the 2nd string - to keep a pure Cm, yet this can be a bit of a struggle. We are not here to struggle. We are here to jam.
What are the gray boxes in the scale frame?
On I Love Guitar, we try to stick to this key for most materials.>
