SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Lydian

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

Major with a raised 4th — floating and unresolved, the film-score 'wonder' sound. The 4th mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G3A#4B♭5C6D7
NotesEb, F, G, A, Bb, C, D
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
FGACDE♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGAB♭CDE♭BCDE♭FGAB♭GGAB♭CDE♭FGDDE♭FGAB♭CDAAB♭CDE♭FGAEFGAB♭CDE♭

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

357912AAB♭CDE♭FGAEFGAB♭CDE♭CCDE♭FGAB♭CGGAB♭CDE♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IE♭E♭maj7
IIFF7
iiiGmGm7
♯iv°AdimAm7♭5
VB♭B♭maj7
viCmCm7
viiDmDm7

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

IE♭IIFiiiGm♯iv°AdimVB♭viCmviiDm
Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ MajorE♭ Natural MinorE♭ Harmonic MinorE♭ Melodic MinorE♭ DorianE♭ PhrygianE♭ 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
Lydian on another root
CD♭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.