Guitar chord · Minor
Ebm chord (Eb Minor)
Sad, deep, and melancholic fundamental minor triad.
Notes EbGbBb
Formula 1 ♭3 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Ebm chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Eb.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Scales to play over Ebm
These scales start on Eb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Ebm is the chord of the moment.
Eb Minor Eb Minor Pentatonic Eb Blues Eb Major Blues Eb Dorian Eb Phrygian Eb Harmonic Minor Eb Melodic Minor Eb Half-Whole Diminished Eb Hungarian Minor Eb Dorian b2 Eb Ukrainian Dorian Eb Lydian #2 Eb Lydian b3 Eb Neapolitan Minor Eb Neapolitan Major Eb Augmented Eb Bebop Dorian Eb Hirajoshi Eb Phrygian b4 Eb Lydian #2 #6 Eb Ultraphrygian Eb Hungarian Major Eb Bebop Melodic Minor Eb Bebop Harmonic Minor
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Questions
- What notes are in a Ebm chord?
- Ebm is Eb, Gb, Bb: the 1, ♭3, 5 of Eb.
- How do you play Ebm on guitar?
- Open Am / Am-Shape: x 6 8 8 7 6; Open Em / Em-Shape: 11 13 13 11 11 11; Open Dm / Dm-Shape: x x 1 3 4 2 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Ebm?
- Scales on Eb that contain every note of Ebm: Eb Minor, Eb Minor Pentatonic, Eb Blues, Eb Major Blues, Eb Dorian, Eb Phrygian.
Minor chords in every key
More Eb chords
Eb Ebdim Eb5 Eb7 Ebmaj7 Ebm7 Ebm(maj7) Ebmaj9 Eb9 Ebm9 Ebm11 Eb6 Ebm6 Ebadd9 Ebsus4 Ebsus2 Eb7sus4 Eb7#9 Ebaug Ebmaj7#5 Ebdim7 Ebm7b5 Eb7b9 Eb13 Eb6/9 Eb11 Eb9sus4 Ebmadd9 Ebadd11 Ebm6/9 Eb7#5 Eb7b5 Eb7#11 Ebmaj13 Ebm13 Ebmaj11 Eb9#11 Ebmaj9#11 Ebmaj7#11 Ebm9b5 Eb7sus4b9 Ebm(maj9) Eb9#5 Eb9b5 Eb7b5b9 Eb7#5b9 Eb7#5#9 Eb7b5#9 Eb7b13 Eb13b9 Eb13#11 Ebm7#5 Ebmaj7b5 Ebdim(maj7) Ebmadd11