Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Minor Blues Scale in Open D Tuning

Eb Minor Blues Scale in Open D Tuning shows the same eb minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Eb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Bb, Db
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: D A D F# A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor Blues Scale: string 5 Bbb (b5), string 3 Gb (b3), and string 2 Bbb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Bbbb5

String 3Gbb3

String 2Bbbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 1Eb1

Fret 4Gbb3

Fret 6Ab4

Fret 7Bbbb5

Fret 8Bb5

Fret 11Dbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Minor Blues Scale on the low D string at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bbb on open string 5 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 1, 6, 1, 9, 6, and 1, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.