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E♭7 (also written D♯7) is a dominant seventh chord made of 4 notes: E♭, G, B♭, D♭. It sounds restless; it wants to move on, usually to the chord a fifth below, and you hear it in blues, rock and roll, and the V chord that pulls a song back home. It is the V chord of A♭ major and turns up in 2 other keys.
The library above opens on E♭7 with 14 shapes up and down the neck, starting with hand-checked ones. Tap a shape to hear it, or play it one string at a time.
| Note | Degree | Interval from E♭ | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| E♭ | 1 | root | 0 |
| G | 3 | major third | 4 |
| B♭ | 5 | perfect fifth | 7 |
| D♭ | ♭7 | minor seventh | 10 |
Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 – ♭7. On guitar the 5th is often left out of the bigger shapes without changing the chord. With the other spelling, D♯7 is D♯, F𝄪, A♯, C♯: the same sounds under different names.
x68686xx1323(11)(13)(11)(12)(11)(11)xx102xx656xxxxx889The fret 1 shape is the one to learn first. Once it is easy, try the shape at the 6th fret (x68686): the same chord, higher and brighter, handy when the chords before and after it sit up the neck.
E♭7 belongs to 3 keys: V in A♭ major, VII in F minor, V7 in G♯ minor. In A♭ major, try I–V–vi–IV: A♭ – E♭7 – Fm – D♭.
E♭, G, B♭, D♭: the root, major third, fifth, minor seventh.
Fret 1: xx1323 (low string first), rated Easy.
E♭7 has D♭ where E♭maj7 has D. E♭7 sounds restless; it wants to move on, usually to the chord a fifth below; E♭maj7 sounds dreamy, warm and a little wistful.
No. The easiest shape is rated Easy and needs 4 fingers.