Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Major (Ionian) Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

Eb Major (Ionian) Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same eb major (ionian) 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: Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D
Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 5 7 9 11
Parent scale: Eb major
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

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Major (Ionian) Scale: string 6 Eb (1), string 5 Ab (4), string 2 Bb (5), and string 1 Eb (1). Eb roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.

String 6Eb1

String 5Ab4

String 2Bb5

String 1Eb1

First root on each string

String 6Open

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 5

String 1Open

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 0. On the highest Eb string, the first Eb is at fret 0.

OpenEb1

Fret 2F2

Fret 4G3

Fret 5Ab4

Fret 7Bb5

Fret 9C6

Fret 11D7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Major (Ionian) Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 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 Eb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 0, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.