Eb Major Blues Scale — Bass
Eb Major Blues on bass: notes Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C — free scale chart, no sign-up. Major pentatonic plus a passing b3 that slides into the major 3rd — a brighter, country- and gospel-leaning cousin of the minor blues scale.
Bass · 4-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 1 F (2), fret 2 Gb (flat 3), fret 3 G (3), fret 6 Bb (5), fret 8 C (6), fret 11 Eb (root), fret 13 F (2), fret 14 Gb (flat 3), fret 15 G (3), fret 18 Bb (5), fret 20 C (6), fret 23 Eb (root).
- A string: fret 1 Bb (5), fret 3 C (6), fret 6 Eb (root), fret 8 F (2), fret 9 Gb (flat 3), fret 10 G (3), fret 13 Bb (5), fret 15 C (6), fret 18 Eb (root), fret 20 F (2), fret 21 Gb (flat 3), fret 22 G (3).
- D string: fret 1 Eb (root), fret 3 F (2), fret 4 Gb (flat 3), fret 5 G (3), fret 8 Bb (5), fret 10 C (6), fret 13 Eb (root), fret 15 F (2), fret 16 Gb (flat 3), fret 17 G (3), fret 20 Bb (5), fret 22 C (6).
- G string: fret 0 G (3), fret 3 Bb (5), fret 5 C (6), fret 8 Eb (root), fret 10 F (2), fret 11 Gb (flat 3), fret 12 G (3), fret 15 Bb (5), fret 17 C (6), fret 20 Eb (root), fret 22 F (2), fret 23 Gb (flat 3), fret 24 G (3).
Notes in the Eb major blues scale
The Eb major blues scale contains 6 notes: Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C. Its scale degrees are R · 2 · b3 · 3 · 5 · 6.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | Eb |
| 2 | F |
| b3 | Gb |
| 3 | G |
| 5 | Bb |
| 6 | C |
Eb major blues on bass
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.