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Eb minor
Notes: Eb · Gb · Bb
Also spelled D# minor
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Common shapes (2)
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About Eb minor
Eb minor is built from three notes: Eb (root), Gb (minor third) and Bb (perfect fifth). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – b3 – 5. The minor third makes it sound sad and introspective, and it is the usual counterpart of the major chord.
On guitar, Eb minor has 2 common shapes: the D and A shapes. These are CAGED system shapes, the basis for playing the same chord anywhere on the neck. There are 15 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. Eb minor is also written as D# minor: the same chord with the root spelled differently, and it sounds identical. The more common spelling is Eb minor.