Irish bouzouki E♭7 chord (GDAE)E♭ seventh: 6 5 6 6, and 3 more shapes

Eb7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 6 5 6 6, from the 5th fret
Eb7 (Eb seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 6 5 6 6, low course to high (Eb7/Db). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 6 5 6 6 (from the 5th fret) · Eb7/Db

  1. G course: 6th fret, middle finger, D♭
  2. D course: 5th fret, index finger, G
  3. A course: 6th fret, ring finger (barre), E♭
  4. 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.

Hear it in the app ›

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

  1. 3fr3241D♭GE♭G6 5 6 3
    3fr · no 5th, Eb7/Db
  2. 8fr1132E♭B♭GD♭8 8 10 9
    8fr
  3. 10fr213GD♭GE♭0 11 10 11
    10fr · no 5th, Eb7/G

Other E♭ chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

E♭E♭mE♭7

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

E♭7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app