E♭ blues scale

E♭ blues

  • E♭R
  • G♭♭3
  • A♭4
  • A♭5
  • B♭5
  • D♭♭7

Positions

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Solo over a 12 bar blues in E♭ →Memorize this scale →

How it is built

  • The minor pentatonic plus one note: A, the flat fifth. Six notes.
  • A is the blue note. It is a passing tone, not a resting place: slide through it between A♭ and B♭.
  • Works over every chord of a 12-bar blues in E♭, major or minor.

Chords that fit E♭ blues

Other E♭ scales