Major & minor
E♭ melodic minor scale
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- E♭FG♭A♭B♭CD
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
How to play the E♭ melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------13-14-16-| B|-------------------------------------13-15-16----------| G|----------------------------11-13-15-------------------| D|-------------------12-13-15----------------------------| A|----------11-13-15-------------------------------------| E|-11-13-14----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 11–16
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------1-3-| E|-------1-2-------| C|-0-2-3-----------| G|-----------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the E♭ melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
Sounds great over
