Irish bouzouki E♭7 chord (GDAE)E♭ seventh: 6 5 6 6, and 3 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 6 5 6 6 (from the 5th fret) · Eb7/Db
- G course: 6th fret, middle finger, D♭
- D course: 5th fret, index finger, G
- A course: 6th fret, ring finger (barre), E♭
- E course: 6th fret, ring finger (barre), B♭
Sounds: D♭ G E♭ B♭ · E♭7 is E♭, G, B♭, D♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)
Open courses that ring: G is a note of E♭7, so it can drone under it.
With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 3 2 3 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open C7 shape.
Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.
More E♭7 shapes
- 6 5 6 3
3fr · no 5th, Eb7/Db - 8 8 10 9
8fr - 0 11 10 11
10fr · no 5th, Eb7/G
Other E♭ chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE
Other seventh chords
E♭7 in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app