# E♭7, the E♭ dominant 7 guitar chord

E♭7 is the B7 grip carried all the way up to the 6th fret, so the chart starts there instead of at the nut. If you already play E♭, the change is the one B7 taught you: the ring finger lets go of the G and B strings, the pinky takes the B string, and the G string drops back onto the barre. E♭7 leans toward A♭, and blues and soul tunes built around horns use it all the time. Up here the frets are narrow, so the ring finger and pinky crowd each other at the 8th fret. Keep each just behind its fret, and check the G string rings, because without it you’re back to plain E♭.

E♭7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the A string (5th), G string (3rd) and high E string (1st), 6th fret.
- Ring finger on the D string (4th), 8th fret.
- Pinky on the B string (2nd), 8th fret.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding E♭7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice E♭7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre 7ths set:

- [E♭7 ↔ B7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-7/) E♭ dominant 7 to B dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.7.A~D%23.7.A)
- [E♭7 ↔ F7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-7/) E♭ dominant 7 to F dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.7.A~F.7.E)
- [E♭7 ↔ B♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-7/) E♭ dominant 7 to B♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.7.A~D%23.7.A)
- [E♭7 ↔ F♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-7/) E♭ dominant 7 to F♯ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.7.A~F%23.7.E)
- [E♭7 ↔ A♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-7/) E♭ dominant 7 to A♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.7.A~G%23.7.E)
- [E♭7 ↔ C♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-7/) E♭ dominant 7 to C♯ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.7.A~D%23.7.A)

## Same root, different color

- [E♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major/), E♭ major
- [E♭m](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor/), E♭ minor
- [E♭m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor-7/), E♭ minor 7
- [E♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major-7/), E♭ major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill E♭7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.7.A~D%23.7.A)