Eb Minor Blues Scale — Guitar
Eb Minor Blues on guitar: notes Eb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Bb, Db — free scale chart, no sign-up. Minor pentatonic plus a b5 "blue note" passing tone between the 4th and 5th — the sound of blues, blues-rock, and jazz-blues phrasing.
Guitar · 6-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G, B, e. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 2 Gb (flat 3), fret 4 Ab (4), fret 5 Bbb (flat 5), fret 6 Bb (5), fret 9 Db (flat 7), fret 11 Eb (root), fret 14 Gb (flat 3), fret 16 Ab (4), fret 17 Bbb (flat 5), fret 18 Bb (5), fret 21 Db (flat 7), fret 23 Eb (root).
- A string: fret 0 Bbb (flat 5), fret 1 Bb (5), fret 4 Db (flat 7), fret 6 Eb (root), fret 9 Gb (flat 3), fret 11 Ab (4), fret 12 Bbb (flat 5), fret 13 Bb (5), fret 16 Db (flat 7), fret 18 Eb (root), fret 21 Gb (flat 3), fret 23 Ab (4), fret 24 Bbb (flat 5).
- D string: fret 1 Eb (root), fret 4 Gb (flat 3), fret 6 Ab (4), fret 7 Bbb (flat 5), fret 8 Bb (5), fret 11 Db (flat 7), fret 13 Eb (root), fret 16 Gb (flat 3), fret 18 Ab (4), fret 19 Bbb (flat 5), fret 20 Bb (5), fret 23 Db (flat 7).
- G string: fret 1 Ab (4), fret 2 Bbb (flat 5), fret 3 Bb (5), fret 6 Db (flat 7), fret 8 Eb (root), fret 11 Gb (flat 3), fret 13 Ab (4), fret 14 Bbb (flat 5), fret 15 Bb (5), fret 18 Db (flat 7), fret 20 Eb (root), fret 23 Gb (flat 3).
- B string: fret 2 Db (flat 7), fret 4 Eb (root), fret 7 Gb (flat 3), fret 9 Ab (4), fret 10 Bbb (flat 5), fret 11 Bb (5), fret 14 Db (flat 7), fret 16 Eb (root), fret 19 Gb (flat 3), fret 21 Ab (4), fret 22 Bbb (flat 5), fret 23 Bb (5).
- e string: fret 2 Gb (flat 3), fret 4 Ab (4), fret 5 Bbb (flat 5), fret 6 Bb (5), fret 9 Db (flat 7), fret 11 Eb (root), fret 14 Gb (flat 3), fret 16 Ab (4), fret 17 Bbb (flat 5), fret 18 Bb (5), fret 21 Db (flat 7), fret 23 Eb (root).
Notes in the Eb minor blues scale
The Eb minor blues scale contains 6 notes: Eb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Bb, Db. Its scale degrees are R · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | Eb |
| b3 | Gb |
| 4 | Ab |
| b5 | Bbb |
| 5 | Bb |
| b7 | Db |
Eb minor blues on guitar
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.