Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Harmonic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

Bb Harmonic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same bb harmonic 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: Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, A
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 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

5 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Harmonic Minor Scale: string 6 Eb (4), string 4 Db (b3), string 3 Gb (b6), string 2 Bb (1), and string 1 Eb (4). Bb roots occur on open string 2.

String 6Eb4

String 4Dbb3

String 3Gbb6

String 2Bb1

String 1Eb4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 7. On the highest Eb string, the first Bb is at fret 7.

OpenEb4

Fret 2F5

Fret 3Gbb6

Fret 6A7

Fret 7Bb1

Fret 9C2

Fret 10Dbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Harmonic Minor Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Eb on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.