Tuning-specific scale diagram

A Melodic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

A Melodic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same a melodic minor 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: A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 11
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Melodic Minor Scale: string 5 G# (7) and string 3 F# (6). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5G#7

String 3F#6

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the A root at fret 6. On the highest Eb string, the first A is at fret 6.

Fret 1E5

Fret 3F#6

Fret 5G#7

Fret 6A1

Fret 8B2

Fret 9Cb3

Fret 11D4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Melodic Minor Scale on the low Eb string at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G# on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other scale tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.