SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Phrygian

E♭ – F♭ – G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C♭ – D♭1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

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

Minor with a flat 2nd — dark and Spanish-tinged. The 3rd mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees
E♭1F♭b2G♭b3A♭4B♭5C♭b6D♭b7
NotesEb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db
StepsH – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
F♭C♭E♭G♭A♭B♭D♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭BC♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭DE♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭

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

357912AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭CD♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iE♭mE♭m7
♭IIF♭F♭maj7
♭IIIG♭G♭7
ivA♭mA♭m7
v°B♭dimB♭m7♭5
♭VIC♭C♭maj7
♭viiD♭mD♭m7

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

iE♭m♭IIF♭♭IIIG♭ivA♭mv°B♭dim♭VIC♭♭viiD♭m
Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ MajorE♭ Natural MinorE♭ Harmonic MinorE♭ Melodic MinorE♭ DorianE♭ 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
Phrygian on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GG♯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.