E♭5
Power chord · E♭ – B♭
- E♭R
- B♭5
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the E♭5 chord
The E♭5 chord (power chord) is made up of 2 notes — E♭ is the root and B♭ the perfect fifth. There is no third at all, just the root and fifth, which is why it sounds neither major nor minor.
On guitar, E♭5 chords sit higher up the neck: x688xx, around the 6th fret. Leave the low E, B and high E strings out and strum the rest. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.
Power chords are just root and fifth — no third — giving the punchy, neutral sound of rock and metal.
Common questions
- What notes are in the E♭5 chord?
- The E♭5 chord contains the notes E♭ and B♭.
- How do you play E♭5 on guitar?
- A common shape is x688xx. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the E♭5 chord?
- The E♭5 chord is built from the root (E♭) and a perfect fifth (B♭).
- Is E♭5 the same as D♯5?
- Yes — E♭ and D♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so E♭5 and D♯5 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it E♭5.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open E♭5 in the finder to hear it on guitar and piano and browse every playable voicing side by side. Or switch to Name my chord — tap frets or keys and MobileChords identifies the chord you're playing, inversions and slash chords included.