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Eb Blues Scale on guitar

The Eb Blues Scale has 6 notes: Eb Gb Ab A Bb Db. Its root Eb is also written D#.

NotesEb Gb Ab A Bb Db
Formula1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
StepsW+H W H H W+H W (W whole step, H half step)
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Eb Blues Scale on the first 15 frets in standard tuning, thin e string on top. Highlighted circles mark the root, Eb.

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About the Blues Scale

The blues scale is the minor pentatonic plus the flat fifth, the blue note behind blues and rock guitar. More about the Blues Scale.

Notes of the Eb Blues Scale

DegreeIntervalNote
1RootEb
b3Minor 3rdGb
4Perfect 4thAb
b5TritoneA
5Perfect 5thBb
b7Minor 7thDb

Same notes, another starting note

Start the Eb Blues Scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:

Blues Scale in other keys