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E♭ minor pentatonic scale

Notes in the scaleTap one to hear it and find it on the neck

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. ♭7
Key
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
Scale

Every E♭ minor pentatonic note on the neck.

3579121517G♭A♭B♭D♭E♭G♭A♭D♭E♭G♭A♭B♭D♭E♭A♭B♭D♭E♭G♭A♭B♭E♭G♭A♭B♭D♭E♭G♭B♭D♭E♭G♭A♭B♭D♭G♭A♭B♭D♭E♭G♭A♭
E♭ minor pentatonic scale guide

The E♭ minor pentatonic scale

The minor pentatonic is the most used soloing scale on guitar. Its five notes fit in simple two-notes-per-string boxes, and it works over minor chords and over blues and rock progressions in the same key.

Its relative major is F♯ major pentatonic, which uses the same notes starting from F♯.

Notes
E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ D♭
Formula
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
Steps
W+H W W W+H W
W is two frets, H is one fret

E♭ minor pentatonic scale positions

Five boxes cover the whole neck. Each one fits under your hand without shifting. They overlap: the top of one box is the bottom of the next.

  1. 3579121517E♭G♭B♭D♭G♭A♭D♭E♭A♭B♭E♭G♭

    Position 1

    Frets 11 to 14. Starts on E♭, the root, on the lowest string. Learn this one first.
  2. 3579121517G♭A♭D♭E♭A♭B♭E♭G♭B♭D♭G♭A♭

    Position 2

    Frets 13 to 16. Starts on G♭, the ♭3, on the lowest string.
  3. 3579121517A♭B♭E♭G♭B♭D♭G♭A♭D♭E♭A♭B♭

    Position 3

    Frets 3 to 7. Starts on A♭, the 4, on the lowest string.
  4. 3579121517B♭D♭G♭A♭D♭E♭A♭B♭E♭G♭B♭D♭

    Position 4

    Frets 6 to 9. Starts on B♭, the 5, on the lowest string.
  5. 3579121517D♭E♭A♭B♭E♭G♭B♭D♭G♭A♭D♭E♭

    Position 5

    Frets 8 to 11. Starts on D♭, the ♭7, on the lowest string.

Chords in E♭ minor

The E♭ minor pentatonic scale works over the chords of E♭ minor.