SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Dorian

E♭ – F – G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C – D♭1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7

Also written D♯ Dorian — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Minor with a natural 6th — the brightest of the minor modes. The 2nd mode of the major scale; think 'So What', 'Scarborough Fair'.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G♭b3A♭4B♭5C6D♭b7
NotesEb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, Db
StepsW – H – W – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
FCE♭G♭A♭B♭D♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭BCD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭CD♭E♭FG♭DE♭FG♭A♭B♭CD♭AB♭CD♭E♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭

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♭E♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭CCD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭CGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FG♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iE♭mE♭m7
iiFmFm7
♭IIIG♭G♭maj7
IVA♭A♭7
vB♭mB♭m7
vi°CdimCm7♭5
♭VIID♭D♭maj7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iE♭miiFm♭IIIG♭IVA♭vB♭mvi°Cdim♭VIID♭
Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

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

Jazz & altered

E♭ Harmonic MajorE♭ Phrygian DominantE♭ Lydian DominantE♭ AlteredE♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

E♭ Hungarian MinorE♭ Double Harmonic MajorE♭ Neapolitan Minor
Dorian on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯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.