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Eb11 Guitar Chord

A wide, open sound. On guitar, the third is almost always omitted in practice as it clashes with the eleventh (a semitone apart). The fifth is also commonly omitted.

Guitar

Strings 1–1–1–1–2–3

How to play the Eb11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 1–1–1–1–2–3 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) Fret 1 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · ring finger

Other names for the Eb11 chord

Other names: Eb 11th, Eb eleventh

Music theory name: dominant eleventh chord

Common name: Eb eleventh chord

Notes and intervals in the Eb11 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
Bb Perfect 5th
Db Minor 7th
F Major 9th
Ab Perfect 11th

All variations

Open
1–1–1–1–2–3
Fret 4
X–6–5–6–4–4
Fret 6
0–6–6–6–8–6
Fret 11
11–11–11–12–11–11

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Eb11

Through The Years
Kenny Rogers