Banjo E♭7 chord (Open D)E♭ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 1 4 1, and 3 more shapes

Eb7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 1 1 4 1, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Eb7 (Eb seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 1 1 4 1, string 4 to string 1 (no 5th). 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 1 4 1 (first position) · no 5th

  1. String 4 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), E♭
  2. String 3 (F♯): 1st fret, index finger (barre), G
  3. String 2 (A): 4th fret, little finger, D♭
  4. String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), E♭
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ rubs against the G in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

With a capo: on the 1st fret it’s 0 3 3 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.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More E♭7 shapes

  1. 5fr1324f♯GD♭E♭B♭5 7 6 8
    5fr
  2. 8fr1234f♯B♭E♭GD♭8 9 10 11
    8fr
  3. 11fr2341f♯E♭GB♭D♭13 13 13 11
    11fr

Other E♭ chords in Open D

E♭E♭mE♭7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

E♭7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app