E♭ Altered 𝄫7Scale

Formula

H W H W W H 1½ 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7
The family

E♭ Altered 𝄫7 on the chromatic circle

E♭ Altered 𝄫7 is the 7th mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W H 1½ H ♭2 F♭I Harmonic minor ♭3 G♭II Locrian ♮6 ♭4 A𝄫III Ionian ♯5 ♭5 B𝄫IV Dorian ♯4 ♭6 C♭V Phrygian dominant 𝄫7 D𝄫VI Lydian ♯2 1 E♭VII Altered 𝄫7 E♭ Altered 𝄫7
The whole neck

E♭ Altered 𝄫7 across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 1 ♭2 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4
Harmony

Chords in E♭ Altered 𝄫7

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
i°E♭°7E♭ G♭ B𝄫 D𝄫
♭iiF♭m(maj7)F♭ A𝄫 C♭ E♭
♭iii°G♭m7♭5G♭ B𝄫 D𝄫 F♭
♭IV+A𝄫maj7♯5A𝄫 C♭ E♭ G♭
♭vB𝄫m7B𝄫 D𝄫 F♭ A𝄫
♭VIC♭7C♭ E♭ G♭ B𝄫
𝄫VIID𝄫maj7D𝄫 F♭ A𝄫 C♭
Context

Where E♭ Altered 𝄫7 fits

Over the diminished 7 chord on the 7th degree of a minor key, resolving to the tonic.

E♭ Altered 𝄫7 is mode 7 of the harmonic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Altered 𝄫7 scale in every key

E♭ Altered 𝄫7 scale questions

What notes are in the E♭ Altered 𝄫7 scale?

E♭ F♭ G♭ A𝄫 B𝄫 C♭ D𝄫. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7.

What is the E♭ Altered 𝄫7 scale formula?

1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7, or in steps between the notes, H W H W W H 1½ (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the E♭ Altered 𝄫7 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of E♭ Altered 𝄫7 up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape.

What chords are in the E♭ Altered 𝄫7 scale?

E♭°7 (i°), F♭m(maj7) (♭ii), G♭m7♭5 (♭iii°), A𝄫maj7♯5 (♭IV+), B𝄫m7 (♭v), C♭7 (♭VI), D𝄫maj7 (𝄫VII).

When is the E♭ Altered 𝄫7 scale used?

Over the diminished 7 chord on the 7th degree of a minor key, resolving to the tonic.