Tuning-specific scale diagram

A Phrygian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

A Phrygian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same a phrygian 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, Bb, C, D, E, F, G
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: F major
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to A Phrygian Scale: string 2 Bb (b2). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Bbb2

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, 2, 4, 6, 7, 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 2Fb6

Fret 4Gb7

Fret 6A1

Fret 7Bbb2

Fret 9Cb3

Fret 11D4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Phrygian Scale on the low Eb string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bb on open string 2 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.