Yeeeesss! 
The D Shape Eb Chord has always been impossible for meā¦well itās quite a strech, especially on the Classical Guitar where the frets are wider! Now Iām encountering just one Eb at the end of a song Iām learning and I was already thinking how to simplify and replace it when I just tried and there it was, my Eb, with just a little bit of effort. To tell it all I need to say that thereās a D7 before it and that helps hugely because both middle and ring finger provide a double reinforced anchoringā¦anyway 
ā¦I didnāt expect it 
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Well done! Iāve never managed to play it cleanly, so I either leave off the 4th string and just play the D shaped triad, or give up entirely and play it as a barre chord at the 6th fret
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Congrats Silvia 
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Thank you! 
The song is fingerstyle so it needs to be cleanā¦and I actually can make the chord changes clean while practicingā¦what I really need now is more practice and more than that no panic when the Eb occurs in the songā¦easier said than done 
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Thank you!!! 
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That is a hard reach, but a lovely flat chord. Just need a lesson on how to grow longer fingers.
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Iām afraid no lesson is available But with a 5 minutes of finger gym everyday and just keep going it seems like itās very likely you can make your fingers work as they were longer 
ā¦at least itās what happened to meā¦
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Iām developing arm muscles I never new I had, but Iām not going to challenge you to arm wrestle!
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Thereās no earthly reason to endure the torture of E flat ever.
Just kidding.
It sucks but it does occur here and there.
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D movable shape is very difficult, but it is possible for me after placing the fingers one by one for 30 seconds. 
I can play all 4 strings. C movable (bar with index + 2 3 4 fingers making C) is impossible for me. My pinkie simply isnāt long enough to make an arch and will mute the string(s) below.
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Hi Silvia. What is the fingering for the E flat chord youāre talking about?
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Congrats Silvia, vert tough stretch on classical guitar!
Like Boris I can get it to ring out ok when setting the fingers in place to get each noteā¦ but while playing a song this stretch for Eb is too wide for me. The other Dshape moveable chords become a bit more doable for me moving down the guitar when the frets start to become thinner 
I think she is referring to middle finger G string 3rd fret, ring finger e string 3rd fret, pinky B string 4th fretā¦ all while using index finger to hold down D string 1st fret.
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Oh noā¦it wasnāt meant like a challenge 
in my language I would say āForza!ā , literally āStrenght!ā as a way to say āletās take courage and be brave and tryā or something like thatā¦we associate this meaning to the arm with mussels
Youāre absolutely right! In fact I never practiced it and tried alternatives like transposing the chords or use a capo or simply remove the Eb. ā¦ because it was too difficult!
In this case the Eb (we call it MI bemolle) in italian) is only oneā¦ you know I WILL by The Beatles? I transposed it to G and at the end when it goes like āoh you know Iā¦wiiiiiillā itās D7 to Eb and then to G on the final āI wiiilll!ā
Removing the Eb and go straight to G might be the easier solution, as it sounds fine, and I might do that if I see itās too difficult to play it in the songā¦ @Dro_1 ā¦but I thought since the chord changes are coming out nicely and smooth and sound clean I will practice a bit more and see if I can transition without panic when itās the moment (the panic being a very likely variable )
C shape bar chords are impossible for me too! And since there are other smarter alternatives I donāt think lāll ever try! Better move the Cchord the way it is but simply adding pinky down on the third fret of the high e stringā¦try to move that shape, if you havenāt yetā¦
@sairfingers thatās as Sandro wrote, it has the shape of a D up a fret and you add the Eb bass note as root on the 4th string (first fret) using index.
Oh lovely.
And wow, that brings back a distant memory.
I didnāt
Fingerpick.
Iām wondering if you could play a C-shape D7 followed by moving it up one fret from Eb7.
I donāt have guitar next to me to hear if the Eb7 sounds okay in that context.
It would be an essy chord move.
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What a lovely rendition! 
And a very beautiful voice!
Iāll experiment to move the C shape ( I assume youāre not meaning the barre C shape ) I should be able to fingerpick only the notes that are in the chord and leave the other ones that arenāt. Thanks for the suggestion, Iāll @ you if I come up with anything decent.
ā¦ I had to tryā¦ I can form the chord and three tries out of four I got all strings ringing out fine. But thatās on my Godinā¦ and painless it was notā¦
But on classical guitar? Changing to and from this chord must be tortureā¦ Wow, what an accomplishment Silvia 
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Yes.
C chord with barre playing at frets 3 and 5 is an A-shape barre chord.
Imagine c7.
Move up 2 frets for D7 up one more foe Eb7.
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