Tuning-specific scale diagram

E Minor Blues Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

E Minor Blues Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same e minor blues 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: E, G, A, Bb, B, D
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to E Minor Blues Scale: string 2 Bb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Bbb5

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 Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11, with the E root at fret 1. On the highest Eb string, the first E is at fret 1.

Fret 1E1

Fret 4Gb3

Fret 6A4

Fret 7Bbb5

Fret 8B5

Fret 11Db7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Minor Blues Scale on the low Eb string at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bb on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other scale tones.
Connect the E 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.