SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Lydian Dominant

E♭ – F – G – A – B♭ – C – D♭1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7

Lydian's raised 4th with Mixolydian's flat 7th — the natural scale over a 7#11 chord. The 4th mode of melodic minor.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G3A#4B♭5C6D♭b7
NotesEb, F, G, A, Bb, C, Db
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
FGACE♭B♭D♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGAB♭CD♭E♭BCD♭E♭FGAB♭GGAB♭CD♭E♭FGDE♭FGAB♭CD♭AAB♭CD♭E♭FGAEFGAB♭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.

357912AAB♭CD♭E♭FGAEFGAB♭CD♭E♭CCD♭E♭FGAB♭CGGAB♭CD♭E♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IE♭E♭7
IIFF7
iii°GdimGm7♭5
♯iv°AdimAm7♭5
vB♭mB♭m(maj7)
viCmCm7
♭VII+D♭augD♭maj7♯5

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

IE♭IIFiii°Gdim♯iv°AdimvB♭mviCm♭VII+D♭aug
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♭ 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 Dominant 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.