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Eb/B Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth. This is a slash chord — the bass note is B instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–X–9–8–8–6

How to play the Eb/B chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–9–8–8–6 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Muted
4th string (D) Fret 9 · pinky
3rd string (G) Fret 8 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 8 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 6 · index finger

Other names for the Eb/B chord

Other names: Eb major, Ebmaj, EbM

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: Eb major chord

Notes and intervals in the Eb/B chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
Bb Perfect 5th
B Bass note

All variations

Fret 6
X–X–9–8–8–6
Fret 9
X–X–9–12–11–11
Fret 11
X–14–13–12–11–11
Fret 2
X–2–5–3–4–X

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys