Eb5

Eb5 is Eb and Bb, a power chord. The shape this page opens on is written x68xxx, lowest string first.

Also written Eb(no 3rd) or Eb power chord. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 2 common shapes for Eb5 on the guitar, and 22 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of Eb5 belongs to C minor (the ♭III), C# major (the ii), Eb major (the I), Eb minor (the i), F minor (the ♭VII), F# major (the vi), G minor (the ♭VI), Ab major (the V), Ab minor (the v), Bb major (the IV), Bb minor (the iv) and B major (the iii).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x68xxx, 11-13-13-x-x-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Eb5 has x113xx, x688xx, 668xxx, 6688xx, 11-13-13-x-x-x, x-13-13-15-x-x, xx134x, x1134x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.