Banjo E♭7 chord (Double C)E♭ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 3 1 1, and 6 more shapes

Eb7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 1 3 1 1, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Eb7 (Eb seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 1 3 1 1, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 1 3 1 1 (first position) · 5th string completes it

  1. String 4 (C): 1st fret, index finger (barre), D♭
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, ring finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (C): 1st fret, index finger (barre), D♭
  4. String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), E♭
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: D♭ B♭ D♭ E♭  ·  E♭7 is E♭, G, B♭, D♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the 3rd of E♭7, so let it ring.

With a capo: on the 1st fret it’s 2 2 0 4 (frets counted from the capo), an open D7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 6th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More E♭7 shapes

  1. 123gD♭GD♭E♭1 0 1 1
    open · no 5th
  2. 132gD♭GE♭E♭1 0 3 1
    open · no 5th
  3. 311gE♭GD♭E♭3 0 1 1
    open · no 5th
  4. 6fr2134gGD♭GB♭7 6 7 8
    6fr · no root
  5. 8fr2134gB♭E♭B♭D♭10 8 10 11
    8fr · 5th string completes it
  6. 10fr1234gB♭GD♭E♭10 12 13 13
    10fr

Other E♭ chords in Double C

E♭E♭mE♭7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

E♭7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Double C banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app