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Eb5 Guitar Chord

A neutral sound from just the root and fifth — without a third, it's neither major nor minor. The foundation of rock, punk and metal music. Typically played with distortion, where full chords would sound "muddy".

Guitar

Strings 11–13–X–X–X–X

How to play the Eb5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 11–13–X–X–X–X 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 11 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 13 · ring finger
4th string (D) Do not play
3rd string (G) Do not play
2nd string (B) Do not play
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for Eb5 chord

Other names: Eb power chord, Eb 5, Eb fifth

Music theory name: power chord (fifth)

Common name: Eb power chord

Intervals and tones in Eb5 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
B Perfect 5th

All Variations

Fret 11
11–13–X–X–X–X
Fret 6
X–6–8–X–X–X
Fret 11
11–13–13–X–X–X

Songs using Eb5