Tuning-specific scale diagram

C Melodic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

C Melodic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c 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: C, D, Eb, F, G, A, B
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 C Melodic Minor Scale: string 6 Eb (b3) and string 1 Eb (b3). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Ebb3

String 1Ebb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the C root at fret 9. On the highest Eb string, the first C is at fret 9.

OpenEbb3

Fret 2F4

Fret 4G5

Fret 6A6

Fret 8B7

Fret 9C1

Fret 11D2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Melodic Minor Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Eb on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other scale tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.