Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Dorian Scale in Open A Tuning

Eb Dorian Scale in Open A Tuning shows the same eb dorian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

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 A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Dorian Scale: string 2 Db (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Dbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

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.
Build a phrase that lets Db on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 11, 6, 2, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.