Guitar scale · exotic
Eb Tritone Scale
Six-note scale 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7. It is made of two major triads a tritone apart.
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Eb Tritone 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|----------------------------------14----------| G|-------------------------12-14-15-------------| D|----------------11-13-14----------------------| A|----------12-13-------------------------------| E|-11-12-15-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------15-17-| B|----------------------------14-16-17-------| G|----------------------14-15----------------| D|-------------13-14-17----------------------| A|-------13-16-------------------------------| E|-15-17-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------15-17-18-| B|-------------------------------16-17----------| G|-------------------------15-18----------------| D|-------------------17-19----------------------| A|----------16-18-19----------------------------| E|-15-17-18-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------18-21-| B|-------------------------------20-22-------| G|----------------------18-20-21-------------| D|----------------19-20----------------------| A|-------18-19-22----------------------------| E|-18-21-------------------------------------|
e|----------------------21-| B|----------------20-22----| G|----------20-21----------| D|-------20----------------| A|----22-------------------| E|-21----------------------|
How to play Eb Tritone 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 | A |
| 5 | Bb |
| ♭7 | Db |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Tritone Scale?
- The Eb Tritone Scale has 6 notes: Eb, Fb, G, A, Bb, Db.
- What is the formula of the tritone scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7, which is the step pattern H W+H W H W+H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Eb Tritone 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.