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How to Play the D# / E Flat Minor Chord on Guitar

D# / E Flat Minor Chord Overview

Notes

D#-F#-A#

Interval Build & Degrees

I-♭III-V (Root, Minor Third, and Perfect Fifth)

Tab

X-6-8-8-7-6 (X-D#-A#-D#-F#-A#)

D# / E Flat Minor Step by Step Instructions

Here is how you play D# / E Flat Minor:

1. Barre your index finger across the sixth fret starting at the fifth string
2. Place your ring finger on the eighth fret of the fourth string (A# / Bb)
3. Place your pinky on the eighth fret of the third string (D# / Eb)
4. Place your middle finger on the seventh fret of the second string (F# / Gb)
5. Leave the first string (high E) open
6. Strum from the fifth string down

Common D# / E Flat Minor Voicings on Guitar

D# / E Flat Minor (6th string root)

11-13-13-12-11-11

D# / E Flat Minor with 5th String as the Root

X-6-8-8-7-6

D# / E Flat Minor Using 4th String as the Root

X-X-13-12-11-11

D# / E Flat Minor First Inversion

X-X-X-11-11-11 (F# as the root)

D# / E Flat Minor Second Inversion

X-X-X-3-4-2 (A# as the root)

Famous Songs That Use the D# / E Flat Minor Chord

  • Stay With Me by Sam Smith
  • Apologize by OneRepublic
  • With or Without You by U2
  • Stay by Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko
  • Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day

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