Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Major (Ionian) Scale in Open E Tuning

Eb Major (Ionian) Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same eb major (ionian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. 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: E B E G# B 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 Major (Ionian) Scale: string 3 Ab (4). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Ab4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1F2

Fret 3G3

Fret 4Ab4

Fret 6Bb5

Fret 8C6

Fret 10D7

Fret 11Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Major (Ionian) Scale on the low E string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 3 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, 4, 11, 7, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.