SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Bebop Dominant

E♭ – F – G – A♭ – B♭ – C – D♭ – D1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7

Mixolydian with a chromatic passing note between the b7 and the root — the extra note keeps chord tones landing on the beat in a running eighth-note line.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G3A♭4B♭5C6D♭b7D7
NotesEb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, D
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
FGCDE♭A♭B♭D♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭CD♭DE♭BCD♭DE♭FGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CD♭DE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭B♭CD♭DAB♭CD♭DE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CD♭DE♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭CD♭DE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CD♭DE♭CCD♭DE♭FGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭CD♭DE♭FG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ MajorE♭ Natural MinorE♭ Harmonic MinorE♭ Melodic MinorE♭ DorianE♭ PhrygianE♭ LydianE♭ MixolydianE♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E♭ Major PentatonicE♭ Minor PentatonicE♭ BluesE♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E♭ Harmonic MajorE♭ Phrygian DominantE♭ Lydian DominantE♭ Altered

Symmetric

E♭ Whole ToneE♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)E♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)E♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E♭ Hungarian MinorE♭ Double Harmonic MajorE♭ Neapolitan Minor
Bebop Dominant on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.