Tuning-specific scale diagram
C Minor Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning
C Minor Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c minor 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
- C, Eb, F, G, Bb
- Formula
- 1 b3 4 5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 5 7 10
- 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
3 of the 6 open strings belong to C Minor Pentatonic Scale: string 6 Eb (b3), string 2 Bb (b7), and string 1 Eb (b3). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 7, and 9, with the C root at fret 9. On the highest Eb string, the first C is at fret 9.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 2, 4, 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 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.
Fretboard diagram
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