Guitar scale · pentatonic & blues
Eb Major Blues Scale
Major pentatonic with an added ♭3 passing tone for rich country-blues phrasing.
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Eb Major Blues 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|----------------------------11-13-14-| B|----------------------11-13----------| G|----------------11-12----------------| D|-------------13----------------------| A|----------13-------------------------| E|-11-13-14----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------13-14-15-| B|----------------------------13-16----------| G|-------------------------15----------------| D|----------------13-15-16-------------------| A|----------13-15----------------------------| E|-13-14-15----------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------15-18-| B|----------------------------16-18-------| G|----------------------15-17-------------| D|-------------15-16-17-------------------| A|-------15-18----------------------------| E|-15-18----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------18-20-| B|----------------------18-19-20-------| G|-------------------20----------------| D|----------------20-------------------| A|-------18-20-21----------------------| E|-18-20-------------------------------|
e|----------------------------20-| B|-------------------------20----| G|-------------------20-22-------| D|-------------20-22-------------| A|----20-21-22-------------------| E|-20----------------------------|
How to play Eb Major Blues 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), 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 11–14. 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 | F |
| ♭3 | Gb |
| 3 | G |
| 5 | Bb |
| 6 | C |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Major Blues Scale?
- The Eb Major Blues Scale has 6 notes: Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C.
- What is the formula of the major blues scale?
- 1 2 ♭3 3 5 6, which is the step pattern W H H W+H W W+H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Eb Major Blues 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 11–14, and four more positions connect it up the neck.