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Eb6 Guitar Chord

A nostalgic, retro sound with an added sixth. Widely used in jazz, country and Hawaiian music. Compared to maj7, it sounds less "jazzy" and more "vintage".

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–3–1–3

How to play the Eb6 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Eb6 chord

Other names: Eb major 6th, Eb 6th

Music theory name: major sixth chord

Common name: Eb sixth chord

Notes and intervals in the Eb6 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
Bb Perfect 5th
C Major 6th

All variations

Open
X–X–1–3–1–3
Fret 4
X–6–5–5–4–X
Fret 6
X–6–8–8–8–8
Fret 10
11–X–10–12–11–X
Open
X–X–1–0–1–3

Songs using Eb6