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Eb69 Guitar Chord

A fresh, optimistic sound without a seventh. Popular in jazz, bossa nova and country. Often used as a final chord instead of a plain major or maj7.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–0–1–1

How to play the Eb69 chord on guitar

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

Notation for Eb69 chord

Other names: Eb 6/9, Eb sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: Eb 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in Eb69 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
B Perfect 5th
C Major 6th
F Major 9th

All Variations

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

Songs using Eb69