Guitar tuning

Every chord in Eb Standard tuning

Eb·Ab·Db·Gb·Bb·Eb

Eb Standard tuning is Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb, low to high. Compared with standard tuning, every string is a semitone lower. This chart gives you an easy shape for 108 chords: major, minor, power, dominant 7, minor 7, major 7, sus2, sus4 and add9, on all 12 roots.

Strings run low to high (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb). A number is the fret, 0 is an open string and x is a string you don't play. A label such as 5fr beside a diagram marks where a shape starts higher up the neck. Tap any chord to open that exact shape in the app, along with every other way to play it.

C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B

C chords in Eb Standard tuning

Db chords in Eb Standard tuning

D chords in Eb Standard tuning

Eb chords in Eb Standard tuning

E chords in Eb Standard tuning

F chords in Eb Standard tuning

Gb chords in Eb Standard tuning

G chords in Eb Standard tuning

Ab chords in Eb Standard tuning

A chords in Eb Standard tuning

Bb chords in Eb Standard tuning

B chords in Eb Standard tuning

Try any of these in the app

Open—Shape shows every voicing of every chord in Eb Standard tuning, and lets you hear them and chain them into a progression.

Questions

Do my standard-tuning chord shapes still work in Eb Standard tuning?
The fingering does, the names don't. Every string is a semitone lower than in standard tuning, so a standard shape keeps the same fingering and sounds a semitone lower: a shape that is an E in standard tuning is an Eb here. The chart above gives you the shape for each chord by its actual name.
How were these shapes chosen?
The chord engine searches every way to voice each chord in Eb Standard tuning, then these are the easiest of them: no thumb, at most four fingers, within four frets, a root or fifth in the bass, and no muted string between played ones, preferring low positions and fewer muted strings. Each card says how many other voicings exist, and tapping it opens that exact shape in the app.

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