The Eb Melodic Minor scale is Eb F Gb Ab Bb C D. It's shown below across all 24 frets: use the Shape menu to see each of the 6 positions, and press Play to hear it.
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See Mentorship PlansThe Eb Melodic Minor scale has 7 notes: Eb F Gb Ab Bb C D. Its formula is 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7, and the gaps between the notes go W H W W W W H (W is a whole step of two frets, H is a half step of one fret).
Compared with Eb minor, it has the major 6th (C) and the major 7th (D) instead of the minor 6th (Cb) and the minor 7th (Db).
| Degree | Interval | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Root | E♭ |
| 2 | 2 | 2nd | F |
| 3 | b3 | Minor 3rd | G♭ |
| 4 | 4 | 4th | A♭ |
| 5 | 5 | 5th | B♭ |
| 6 | 6 | Major 6th | C |
| 7 | 7 | Major 7th | D |
The fretboard above shows Eb Melodic Minor across all 24 frets. Its root, Eb, is on the low E string at the 11th fret, and Position 1 starts there. Use the Shape menu to see the 6 positions one at a time (plus the seven 3-notes-per-string shapes, great for speed and legato), press Play to hear the one you're looking at, and switch the labels to intervals to see where the root, 3rd and 5th sit in each shape.
Learn one position until you can play it up and down without looking, then learn the next one along and practise moving between the two. Before long the whole neck joins up.
These are the chords you get by stacking every other note of the scale on each degree. They're the chords that sound "at home" with Eb Melodic Minor.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | Ebm | Ebm(maj7) |
| ii | Fm | Fm7 |
| III+ | Gbaug | Gbmaj7#5 |
| IV | Ab | Ab7 |
| V | Bb | Bb7 |
| vi° | Cdim | Cm7b5 |
| vii° | Ddim | Dm7b5 |
The melodic minor (the jazz version, the same going up and down) is the natural minor with a raised 6th and 7th. It sounds minor at the bottom and major at the top, and it's one of the most important scales in jazz.
Use it over Ebm(maj7) and Ebm6 chords. Its modes also give you the altered scale and Lydian dominant, which jazz players use over dominant chords.
E♭ Major E♭ Minor E♭ Minor Pentatonic E♭ Major Pentatonic D♯ Blues E♭ Dorian D♯ Phrygian E♭ Lydian E♭ Mixolydian D♯ Locrian E♭ Harmonic Minor
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The Eb Melodic Minor scale is Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, D.
The melodic minor scale formula is 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7, which is a step pattern of W H W W W W H.
There are 6 positions, plus seven 3-notes-per-string (3NPS) shapes, one starting on each note of the scale. Use the Shape menu on this page to see each one on its own.
Compared with Eb minor, it has the major 6th (C) and the major 7th (D) instead of the minor 6th (Cb) and the minor 7th (Db).