Tuning-specific scale diagram
Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning
Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same eb minor pentatonic 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, Gb, Ab, Bb, Db
- Formula
- 1 b3 4 5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 5 7 10
- 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
6 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale: string 6 Eb (1), string 5 Ab (4), string 4 Db (b7), string 3 Gb (b3), string 2 Bb (5), and string 1 Eb (1). Eb roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 5, 7, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 0. On the highest Eb string, the first Eb is at fret 0.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 3, 5, 7, and 10, 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.
Fretboard diagram
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