E♭ EnigmaticScale
Formula
E♭ Enigmatic on the chromatic circle
E♭ Enigmatic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
E♭ Enigmatic 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♭ Enigmatic
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♭ Enigmatic fits
Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.
Enigmatic scale in every key
E♭ Enigmatic scale questions
What notes are in the E♭ Enigmatic scale?
E♭ F♭ G A B C♯ D. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7.
What is the E♭ Enigmatic scale formula?
1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ W W W H 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♭ Enigmatic scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of E♭ Enigmatic 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♭ Enigmatic scale?
E♭maj7♯5 (I+), F♭ (♯3 𝄪5 7) (♭II), G (𝄫7) (III), A7♭5 (♯IV), B (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) (♯v), C♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (♯VI), D (𝄫3 5 7) (VII).
When is the E♭ Enigmatic scale used?
Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.