Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale in Open C Tuning

Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale in Open C Tuning shows the same eb minor pentatonic scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 1Dbb7

Fret 3Eb1

Fret 6Gbb3

Fret 8Ab4

Fret 10Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low C string at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Eb root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 8, 3, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.