Major family
E♭ sixth chord
E♭6E♭ sixth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 6
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 1
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 2 at fret 1.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- E♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- G3
- 4
- ♭5
- B♭5
- ♯5
- C6
- ♭7
- 7
- E♭ Root
- G Major 3rd
- B♭ Perfect 5th
- C Major 6th
About this chord
What is an E♭ sixth chord?
E♭6 is built from 4 notes: E♭ (the root), G (the 3), B♭ (the 5), C (the 6). A major triad with a sweet, vintage colour on top.
- Notes
- E♭ · G · B♭ · C
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 6
- Also written
- E♭maj6 · E♭M6
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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