Guitar scale · Ionian mode
Eb Major Scale
Bright, balanced major scale forming the foundation of Western music and pop/rock.
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How to play Eb Major on guitar
Find the root first: Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Eb on the neck; the gold ones are the other chord tones (3rd, 5th and 7th), which are the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 11–15. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Eb major shares all its notes with C minor, its relative minor. See the C Minor Scale.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | Eb |
| 2 | F |
| 3 | G |
| 4 | Ab |
| 5 | Bb |
| 6 | C |
| 7 | D |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Major Scale?
- The Eb Major Scale has 7 notes: Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D.
- What is the formula of the major scale?
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, which is the step pattern W W H W W W H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Eb Major on the guitar?
- The root Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 11–15, and four more positions connect it up the neck.