Tuning-specific scale diagram

F Melodic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

F Melodic Minor Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same f melodic minor 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: F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, E
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 11
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to F Melodic Minor Scale: string 5 Ab (b3) and string 2 Bb (4). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Abb3

String 2Bb4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with the F root at fret 2. On the highest Eb string, the first F is at fret 2.

Fret 1E7

Fret 2F1

Fret 4G2

Fret 5Abb3

Fret 7Bb4

Fret 9C5

Fret 11D6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Melodic Minor Scale on the low Eb string at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other scale tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.