SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Melodic Minor

E♭ – F – G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C – D1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

Minor with a raised 6th and 7th — a minor tonic with a major-scale top half. In jazz it is used ascending and descending both.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G♭b3A♭4B♭5C6D7
NotesEb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, D
StepsW – H – W – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledJazz Minor
Piano
FCDE♭G♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭A♭B♭CDE♭BCDE♭FG♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭CDE♭FG♭DDE♭FG♭A♭B♭CDAB♭CDE♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭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♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CDE♭CCDE♭FG♭A♭B♭CGA♭B♭CDE♭FG♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iE♭mE♭m(maj7)
iiFmFm7
♭III+G♭augG♭maj7♯5
IVA♭A♭7
VB♭B♭7
vi°CdimCm7♭5
vii°DdimDm7♭5

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

iE♭miiFm♭III+G♭augIVA♭VB♭vi°Cdimvii°Ddim
Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ MajorE♭ Natural MinorE♭ Harmonic 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
Melodic Minor on another root
CC♯D♭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.