Tuning-specific scale diagram

Ab Major Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

Ab Major Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same ab major pentatonic scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F
Formula: 1 2 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 4 7 9
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Major Pentatonic Scale: string 6 Eb (5), string 5 Ab (1), string 2 Bb (2), and string 1 Eb (5). Ab roots occur on open string 5.

String 6Eb5

String 5Ab1

String 2Bb2

String 1Eb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 5. On the highest Eb string, the first Ab is at fret 5.

OpenEb5

Fret 2F6

Fret 5Ab1

Fret 7Bb2

Fret 9C3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Major Pentatonic Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Eb on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Ab root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.