SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Major

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

The reference scale of Western music — bright, resolved, and the yardstick every other scale is described against.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G3A♭4B♭5C6D7
NotesEb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D
StepsW – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledIonian
Piano
FGCDE♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭CDE♭BCDE♭FGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CDE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭B♭CDAB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭

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

357912AB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭CCDE♭FGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭CDE♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IE♭E♭maj7
iiFmFm7
iiiGmGm7
IVA♭A♭maj7
VB♭B♭7
viCmCm7
vii°DdimDm7♭5

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

IE♭iiFmiiiGmIVA♭VB♭viCmvii°Ddim
Common progressions in E♭ major

I – V – vi – IV

E♭ – B♭ – Cm – A♭

I – IV – V

E♭ – A♭ – B♭

ii – V – I

Fm – B♭ – E♭

vi – IV – I – V

Cm – A♭ – E♭ – B♭

Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.

Related keys
Relative minorC minorParallel minorE♭ minor
Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ 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♭ Hungarian MinorE♭ Double Harmonic MajorE♭ Neapolitan Minor
Major on another root
CC♯D♭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.