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Eb/A 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 A instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–0–1–3–4–3

How to play the Eb/A chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–1–3–4–3 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · little finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · ring finger

Notation for Eb/A chord

Other names: Eb major, Eb maj, Eb M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: Eb major chord

Intervals and tones in Eb/A chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–0–1–3–4–3
Fret 3
X–0–5–3–4–3
Fret 3
X–0–5–3–4–6
Fret 6
X–0–8–8–8–6

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys