SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Harmonic Major

E♭ – F – G – A♭ – B♭ – C♭ – D1 2 3 4 5 b6 7

Major with a flat 6th — a major tonic with a hint of minor-key gravity. The parallel of harmonic minor.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G3A♭4B♭5C♭b6D7
NotesEb, F, G, Ab, Bb, Cb, D
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
FGC♭DE♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭C♭DE♭BC♭DE♭FGA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭DE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭B♭C♭DAB♭C♭DE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭C♭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♭C♭DE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭C♭DE♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭DE♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IE♭E♭maj7
ii°FdimFm7♭5
iiiGmGm7
ivA♭mA♭m(maj7)
VB♭B♭7
♭VI+C♭augC♭maj7♯5
vii°DdimDdim7

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

IE♭ii°FdimiiiGmivA♭mVB♭♭VI+C♭augvii°Ddim
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♭ 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
Harmonic Major on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯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.