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H/Eb 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 Eb instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–9–9–8–7–X

How to play the H/Eb chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–9–9–8–7–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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 9 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 9 · little finger
3rd string (G) Fret 8 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 7 · index finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for H/Eb chord

Other names: H major, H maj, H M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: H major chord

Intervals and tones in H/Eb chord

Note Interval
H Root
Eb Major 3rd
F# Perfect 5th

All Variations

Fret 7
X–9–9–8–7–X
Open
X–X–1–4–0–2
Fret 4
X–6–4–4–4–7
Fret 4
X–6–4–4–7–7
Fret 11
11–14–13–11–12–11

More chords with H as the root

The same chord type in other keys