E♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
The E♭ major pentatonic scale has five notes: E♭, F, G, B♭ and C. It is the E♭ major scale without its 4th and 7th, which removes every half step — so almost nothing sounds wrong over E♭ major chords.
Notes
- E♭1
- F2
- G3
- B♭5
- C6
Step pattern: W – W – W+H – W – W+H (W = whole step, H = half step)
| Degree | Note | Interval from E♭ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | E♭ | Root |
| 2 | F | Major 2nd |
| 3 | G | Major 3rd |
| 5 | B♭ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | C | Major 6th |
On the piano
On the guitar
Root Scale tone
Related scales
Practise it
- Country runCountry · moved up 8 frets into E♭
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