E♭ 6th
E♭6
Notes
E♭ · G · B♭ · C
Intervals
- RootE♭ (1P)
- Major 3rdG (3M)
- Perfect 5thB♭ (5P)
- Major 6thC (6M)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
Drop-2 voicings (12)
About
The E♭6 chord (E♭–G–B♭–C) adds the major sixth to a major triad. The sixth is a stable, consonant addition — it does not introduce dissonance the way a 7th does — which gives 6 chords a warm, slightly vintage sound common in jazz, swing, and older pop. They can substitute for E♭ or E♭Maj7 as tonic harmony when a less tense color is wanted. The C is the defining extension; the 5th can be omitted. On guitar, 6-chord voicings tend to be compact and practical for comping. Compared to E♭Maj7, the 6 feels more grounded and less harmonically ambiguous — the 6th sits further from the root than the 7th does, so it creates no half-step tension.
Chord diagrams
Eb 6th voicing charts — tap a sheet to open it full size to save or print.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- E♭ Lydian (I)
- E♭ Major (I)
- E♭ Major Pentatonic (deg 1)
- E♭ Mixolydian (I)
- A Locrian (V)
- A♭ Lydian (V)
- A♭ Major (V)
- B♭ Diminished (deg 4)
- B♭ Dorian (IV)
- B♭ Major (IV)
- B♭ Melodic Minor (IV)
- B♭ Mixolydian (IV)
- C Blues (deg 2)
- C Dorian (III)
- C Minor Pentatonic (deg 2)
- C Natural Minor (III)
- C Phrygian (III)
- D Locrian (II)
- D Phrygian (II)
- D♭ Diminished (deg 2)
- D♭ Lydian (II)
- E Diminished (deg 8)
- F Dorian (VII)
- F Mixolydian (VII)
- F Natural Minor (VII)
- G Diminished (deg 6)
- G Harmonic Minor (VI)
- G Locrian (VI)
- G Natural Minor (VI)
- G Phrygian (VI)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.