E♭ Major Scale

E♭ major

Notes

E♭ · F · G · A♭ · B♭ · C · D

Intervals

  • RootE♭ (1P)
  • Major 2ndF (2M)
  • Major 3rdG (3M)
  • Perfect 4thA♭ (4P)
  • Perfect 5thB♭ (5P)
  • Major 6thC (6M)
  • Major 7thD (7M)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912FGA♭B♭CDE♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭GA♭B♭CDE♭FGDE♭FGA♭B♭CDB♭CDE♭FGA♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭
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Modes of E♭ major

Each mode uses the same seven notes as E♭ major, started from a different scale degree.

  1. 1E♭ Ionian — this scale— major 7th (7)
  2. 2F Dorian— natural 6th (♮6)
  3. 3G Phrygian— flat 2nd (♭2)
  4. 4A♭ Lydian— sharp 4th (♯4 / ♯11)
  5. 5B♭ Mixolydian— flat 7th (♭7)
  6. 6C Aeolian— flat 6th (♭6)
  7. 7D Locrian— flat 5th (♭5)

3-Notes-Per-String positions

Seven movable patterns, each covering all 6 strings with 3 consecutive scale tones per string. Root notes are shown in red.

All 7 patterns
Pattern 1frets 1–6
EBGDAE357FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭
Pattern 2frets 3–8
EBGDAE3579GA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭C
Pattern 3frets 4–10
EBGDAE579A♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CD
Pattern 4frets 6–11
EBGDAE7912B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭
Pattern 5frets 8–13
EBGDAE9121314CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭F
Pattern 6frets 10–15
EBGDAE1213141516DE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FG
Pattern 7frets 11–16
EBGDAE121314151617E♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭

Quartal voicings

Stacked perfect 4ths across four adjacent strings, sorted nut to heel. Root notes are circled in red.

All voicings
EBGDAE3FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE35CFB♭E♭
C root
EBGDAE3DGCF
D root
EBGDAE35GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE57DGCF
D root
EBGDAE35FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE9CFB♭E♭
C root
EBGDAE9FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE57GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE1213DGCF
D root
EBGDAE1213GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE1213CFB♭E♭
C root

Diagrams

Eb Major Scale fretboard charts — tap any diagram to open it full size to save or print.

Eb Major Scale — notes Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
Eb Major Scale — seven 3-notes-per-string positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Seven 3NPS positions
Eb Major Scale — quartal voicings shown as chord-box diagrams for all four roots.
Quartal voicings — 3 string sets, sorted nut to heel