Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Phrygian Scale in B Standard Tuning

Eb Phrygian Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same eb phrygian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: B major
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Phrygian Scale: string 6 Cb (b6), string 5 Fb (b2), string 2 Gb (b3), and string 1 Cb (b6). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Cbb6

String 5Fbb2

String 2Gbb3

String 1Cbb6

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 4. On the highest B string, the first Eb is at fret 4.

OpenCbb6

Fret 2Dbb7

Fret 4Eb1

Fret 5Fbb2

Fret 7Gbb3

Fret 9Ab4

Fret 11Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Phrygian Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb 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 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.