SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Mixolydian

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

Major with a flat 7th — the sound of blues-rock and folk. The 5th mode of the major scale; the scale over a dominant 7th chord.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F2G3A♭4B♭5C6D♭b7
NotesEb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
FGCE♭A♭B♭D♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭CD♭E♭BCD♭E♭FGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGDE♭FGA♭B♭CD♭AB♭CD♭E♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭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.

357912AB♭CD♭E♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CD♭E♭CCD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭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
iiFmFm7
iii°GdimGm7♭5
IVA♭A♭maj7
vB♭mB♭m7
viCmCm7
♭VIID♭D♭maj7

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

IE♭iiFmiii°GdimIVA♭vB♭mviCm♭VIID♭
Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ MajorE♭ Natural MinorE♭ Harmonic MinorE♭ Melodic MinorE♭ DorianE♭ PhrygianE♭ LydianE♭ 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
Mixolydian 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.