Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Dorian Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning

Eb Dorian Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same eb dorian scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the pattern into the lower register for wider-range riffs and chord voicings.

Scale notes: Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, Db
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 10
Parent scale: Db major
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 8 open strings belongs to Eb Dorian Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

First root on each string

String 8Fret 11

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1F2

Fret 2Gbb3

Fret 4Ab4

Fret 6Bb5

Fret 8C6

Fret 9Dbb7

Fret 11Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Dorian Scale on the low E string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Eb root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.