Banjo E♭m chord (Open D)E♭ minor on the 5-string banjo: 1 0 1 1, and 6 more shapes

Ebm chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 1 0 1 1, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Ebm (Eb minor) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 1 0 1 1, string 4 to string 1. 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 0 1 1 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): 1st fret, index finger, E♭
  2. String 3 (F♯): open, G♭
  3. String 2 (A): 1st fret, middle finger, B♭
  4. String 1 (D): 1st fret, ring finger, E♭
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, G♭, in the chord

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

Found in: B major (iii), F♯ major (vi), D♭ major (ii), F♯ mixolydian (vi), D♭ mixolydian (ii), A♭ mixolydian (v)

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

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♭m shapes

  1. 124g♭E♭G♭B♭G♭1 0 1 4
    open
  2. 411g♭G♭G♭B♭E♭4 0 1 1
    open
  3. 4fr1131g♭G♭B♭E♭G♭4 4 6 4
    4fr
  4. 6fr314g♭B♭G♭E♭B♭8 0 6 8
    6fr
  5. 8fr1231g♭B♭E♭G♭B♭8 9 9 8
    8fr
  6. 12fr2134g♭E♭G♭B♭E♭13 12 13 13
    12fr

Other E♭ chords in Open D

E♭E♭mE♭7

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

E♭m in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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