Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Phrygian Scale in Open E Tuning

Eb Phrygian Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same eb phrygian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. 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: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

6 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Phrygian Scale: string 6 Fb (b2), string 5 Cb (b6), string 4 Fb (b2), string 3 Ab (4), string 2 Cb (b6), and string 1 Fb (b2). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Fbb2

String 5Cbb6

String 4Fbb2

String 3Ab4

String 2Cbb6

String 1Fbb2

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

OpenFbb2

Fret 2Gbb3

Fret 4Ab4

Fret 6Bb5

Fret 7Cbb6

Fret 9Dbb7

Fret 11Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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