SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Major Pentatonic

E♭ – F – G – B♭ – C1 2 3 5 6

The major scale with the two notes that can clash (4 and 7) removed — five notes that sound right over almost any major-key chord.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G3B♭5C6
NotesEb, F, G, Bb, C
Steps2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)
Piano
FGCE♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGB♭CE♭BCE♭FGB♭GGB♭CE♭FGDE♭FGB♭CAB♭CE♭FGEFGB♭CE♭

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

357912AB♭CE♭FGEFGB♭CE♭CCE♭FGB♭CGGB♭CE♭FG

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

Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ MajorE♭ Natural MinorE♭ Harmonic MinorE♭ Melodic MinorE♭ DorianE♭ PhrygianE♭ LydianE♭ MixolydianE♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E♭ 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 Pentatonic on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯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.