Ebminor

Ebm is Eb, Gb and Bb, a minor triad. The shape this page opens on is written xx1342, lowest string first.

Note by note. Eb is the root, Gb is the minor third and Bb is the fifth.

Also written Ebmin, Eb- or Eb minor. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for Ebm on the guitar, and 44 derived voicings in the triad family.

One note away. Change a single note of Ebm and you have Eb (with one note moved), Ebdim (with one note moved), Ebsus2 (with one note moved), Ebsus4 (with one note moved), Ebm6 (with one note added) or Ebm7 (with one note added).

In which keys. Every note of Ebm belongs to C# major (the ii), Eb minor (the i), F# major (the vi), Ab minor (the v), Bb minor (the iv) and B major (the iii).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx1342, xx4342, x6434x, x68876, x9887x, 11-9-8-8-x-11, 11-13-13-11-11-11, x-x-13-11-11-11.

Under the hand. None of the shapes for Ebm uses an open string, so every one of them is movable; the lowest sits at the 1st fret. 2 of the 8 need a barre. Together they cover the neck from the 1st fret to the 13th.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Ebm has 211xxx, 2113xx, xxx342, xx4342, xx434x, 664xxx, xxx876, x6887x.

What kind of chord this is. Ebm is a minor chord — root, minor third, fifth. minor chords on every root, and what they are for.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.