Tuning-specific scale diagram
F Minor Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning
F Minor Pentatonic Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same f minor pentatonic 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, Ab, Bb, C, Eb
- Formula
- 1 b3 4 5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 5 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
4 of the 6 open strings belong to F Minor Pentatonic Scale: string 6 Eb (b7), string 5 Ab (b3), string 2 Bb (4), and string 1 Eb (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, and 9, with the F root at fret 2. On the highest Eb string, the first F is at fret 2.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play F Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets Eb on open string 6 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.
Fretboard diagram
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