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Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in D Standard Tuning

Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in D Standard Tuning shows the same eb natural minor (aeolian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes
Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db
Formula
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones
0 2 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale
Gb major
Tuning
D G C F A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale: string 3 F (2). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F2

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1
String 5Fret 8
String 4Fret 3
String 3Fret 10
String 2Fret 6
String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 1Eb1
Fret 3F2
Fret 4Gbb3
Fret 6Ab4
Fret 8Bb5
Fret 9Cbb6
Fret 11Dbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets F on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other scale tones.
  3. Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in D Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in D Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar ScaleMain scale referenceD Standard TuningTuning notes and range
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Eb Minor Guitar ArpeggioD Standard TuningEb Minor 7 Guitar ArpeggioD Standard TuningEb Minor Add9 Guitar ArpeggioD Standard Tuning

Same scale in other tunings

E Flat Standard TuningEb Ab Db Gb Bb EbC Standard TuningC F Bb Eb G CB Standard TuningB E A D F# BDrop D TuningD A D G B EDrop C# TuningC# G# C# F# A# D#Drop C TuningC G C F A DDrop B TuningB F# B E G# C#DADGAD TuningD A D G A DOpen E TuningE B E G# B EOpen D TuningD A D F# A DOpen G TuningD G D G B DOpen C TuningC G C G C EOpen A TuningE A E A C# E7-String Standard TuningB E A D G B E7-String Drop A TuningA E A D G B E7-String Drop G TuningG D G C F A D8-String Standard TuningF# B E A D G B E8-String Drop E TuningE B E A D G B E