E♭ Double harmonicScale
Formula
E♭ Double harmonic on the chromatic circle
E♭ Double harmonic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
E♭ Double harmonic 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.
Chords in E♭ Double harmonic
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where E♭ Double harmonic fits
The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Double harmonic scale in every key
E♭ Double harmonic scale questions
What notes are in the E♭ Double harmonic scale?
E♭ F♭ G A♭ B♭ C♭ D. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7.
What is the E♭ Double harmonic scale formula?
1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H W H 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the E♭ Double harmonic scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of E♭ Double harmonic 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♭ Double harmonic scale?
E♭maj7 (I), F♭maj7 (♭II), Gm (𝄫7) (iii), A♭m(maj7) (iv), B♭7♭5 (V), C♭maj7♯5 (♭VI+), D (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).
When is the E♭ Double harmonic scale used?
The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.