SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Minor Pentatonic

E♭ – G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – D♭1 b3 4 5 b7

Also written D♯ Minor Pentatonic — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The first scale most guitarists learn — five notes that carry rock, blues and pop solos. The relative of the major pentatonic.

Notes & degrees
E♭1G♭b3A♭4B♭5D♭b7
NotesEb, Gb, Ab, Bb, Db
Steps3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 2 (semitones)
Piano
E♭G♭A♭B♭D♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭BD♭E♭G♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭D♭E♭G♭DE♭G♭A♭B♭D♭AB♭D♭E♭G♭A♭EG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭

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

357912AB♭D♭E♭G♭A♭EG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭CD♭E♭G♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭D♭E♭G♭

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♭ Major 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
Minor Pentatonic on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭A♯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.