Guitar scale · exotic
Eb Persian Scale
1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7: double harmonic major with a lowered 5th. It contains the augmented 2nds of Double Harmonic Major.
Tap any note to hear it.
Eb Persian Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|-------------------------------------------11-12-15-| B|-------------------------------------12-15----------| G|----------------------------12-13-14----------------| D|-------------------12-13-14-------------------------| A|----------11-12-14----------------------------------| E|-11-12-15-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-16-17-| B|----------------------------------15-16-17----------| G|-------------------------13-14-16-------------------| D|----------------13-14-17----------------------------| A|----------14-17-------------------------------------| E|-15-16-17-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-16-17-19-| B|-------------------------------------16-17-------------| G|-------------------------------16-19-------------------| D|----------------------17-18-19-------------------------| A|-------------17-18-19----------------------------------| E|-15-16-17-19-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------19-22-| B|----------------------------------20-21-22-------| G|-------------------------19-20-21----------------| D|----------------18-19-21-------------------------| A|-------18-19-22----------------------------------| E|-19-22-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------22-| B|----------------20-21-22----| G|----------20-21-------------| D|-------21-------------------| A|----22----------------------| E|-22-------------------------|
How to play Eb Persian 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 rest of the scale's home chord (3, ♭5, 7), 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.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | Eb |
| ♭2 | Fb |
| 3 | G |
| 4 | Ab |
| ♭5 | A |
| ♭6 | Cb |
| 7 | D |
Chords in Eb Persian
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in Eb Persian; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | — | — | Tonic |
| ♭II | Fb | Fbmaj7 | Supertonic |
| III | — | — | Mediant |
| iv | Abm | Abm(maj7) | Subdominant |
| ♭V | — | — | Dominant |
| ♭VI+ | Cbaug | — | Submediant |
| VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Persian Scale?
- The Eb Persian Scale has 7 notes: Eb, Fb, G, Ab, A, Cb, D.
- What chords are in the Eb Persian Scale?
- The chords of Eb Persian are Fb (♭II), Abm (iv), Cbaug (♭VI+).
- What is the formula of the persian scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7, which is the step pattern H W+H H H W W+H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Eb Persian 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.