D♯ / E♭ chords on ukulele

About the E♭ chords on ukulele

Most songs that use E♭ chords start from E flat major, the notes E♭–G–B♭. Its relative minor key is C minor, which shares the same notes, so the chords of both keys mix naturally.

E♭ appears in B flat major (IV), E flat major (I), A flat major (V), G minor (VI).

Triads are three-note chords, the backbone of most songs. The E♭ triads are E♭ (E♭–G–B♭), E♭m (E♭–G♭–B♭), E♭dim (E♭–G♭–B𝄫), E♭aug (E♭–G–B).

Seventh chords add a fourth note, a seventh above the root, for a richer or more tense sound: E♭7 (E♭–G–B♭–D♭), E♭maj7 (E♭–G–B♭–D), E♭m7 (E♭–G♭–B♭–D♭), E♭dim7 (E♭–G♭–B𝄫–D𝄫), E♭m7♭5 (E♭–G♭–B𝄫–D♭), E♭m(maj7) (E♭–G♭–B♭–D), E♭aug7 (E♭–G–B–D♭).

Extended and added-note chords stack a sixth, ninth, eleventh or thirteenth on top. On E♭: E♭add9 (E♭–G–B♭–F), E♭m(add9) (E♭–G♭–B♭–F), E♭6 (E♭–G–B♭–C), E♭m6 (E♭–G♭–B♭–C), E♭9 (E♭–G–B♭–D♭–F), E♭m9 (E♭–G♭–B♭–D♭–F), E♭maj9 (E♭–G–B♭–D–F), E♭11 (E♭–G–B♭–D♭–F–A♭), E♭13 (E♭–G–B♭–D♭–F–C), E♭7♯9 (E♭–G–B♭–D♭–F♯), E♭7♭9 (E♭–G–B♭–D♭–F♭), E♭6/9 (E♭–G–B♭–C–F), E♭add11 (E♭–G–B♭–A♭).

Suspended chords replace the third with a second or fourth, so they sound open and unresolved: E♭sus2 (E♭–F–B♭), E♭sus4 (E♭–A♭–B♭), E♭7sus4 (E♭–A♭–B♭–D♭), E♭9sus4 (E♭–A♭–B♭–D♭–F).

On a GCEA ukulele the high G string is tuned an octave up, so E♭ chords sound bright even in low positions. The diagrams show the easiest shape; each chord page has more shapes further up the neck.

Chords marked "diagram only" are less common and do not have their own page yet; the diagram and the notes above are all you need to play them.