SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Hungarian Minor

E♭ – F – G♭ – A – B♭ – C♭ – D1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7

Harmonic minor with a raised 4th — two augmented-2nd leaps and a very Eastern-European colour.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G♭b3A#4B♭5C♭b6D7
NotesEb, F, Gb, A, Bb, Cb, D
Steps2 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledGypsy Minor, Double Harmonic Minor
Piano
FAC♭DE♭G♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭AB♭C♭DE♭BC♭DE♭FG♭AB♭C♭GAB♭C♭DE♭FG♭DDE♭FG♭AB♭C♭DAAB♭C♭DE♭FG♭AEFG♭AB♭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.

357912AAB♭C♭DE♭FG♭AEFG♭AB♭C♭DE♭CDE♭FG♭AB♭C♭GAB♭C♭DE♭FG♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iE♭mE♭m(maj7)
IIFF?
♭III+G♭augG♭maj7♯5
♯IVAA?
VB♭B♭maj7
♭VIC♭C♭maj7
viiDmDmin

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

iE♭mIIF♭III+G♭aug♯IVAVB♭♭VIC♭viiDm
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♭ AlteredE♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

E♭ Double Harmonic MajorE♭ Neapolitan Minor
Hungarian Minor 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.