Guitar scale · pentatonic & blues
Eb Man Gong Scale
Pentatonic scale 1 ♭3 4 ♭6 ♭7. It is the third mode of the major pentatonic, a minor pentatonic with the 5th replaced by a ♭6.
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Eb Man Gong 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|-------------------------------11-14-| B|-------------------------12-14-------| G|-------------------11-13-------------| D|-------------11-13-------------------| A|-------11-14-------------------------| E|-11-14-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------14-16-| B|-------------------------14-16-------| G|-------------------13-16-------------| D|-------------13-16-------------------| A|-------14-16-------------------------| E|-14-16-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------16-| B|----------------------16----| G|----------------16-18-------| D|----------16-18-------------| A|----16-18-------------------| E|-16-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------19-21-| B|-------------------------19-21-------| G|-------------------18-20-------------| D|-------------18-21-------------------| A|-------18-21-------------------------| E|-19-21-------------------------------|
e|----------------21-| B|-------------21----| G|----------20-------| D|-------21----------| A|----21-------------| E|-21----------------|
How to play Eb Man Gong 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, ♭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 11–14. 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 |
| ♭3 | Gb |
| 4 | Ab |
| ♭6 | Cb |
| ♭7 | Db |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Man Gong Scale?
- The Eb Man Gong Scale has 5 notes: Eb, Gb, Ab, Cb, Db.
- What is the formula of the man gong scale?
- 1 ♭3 4 ♭6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W+H W W+H W W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Eb Man Gong 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.