E♭ PersianScale

Formula

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

E♭ Persian on the chromatic circle

E♭ Persian is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H 1½ H H W 1½ H 1 E♭I Persian ♭2 F♭II 3 GIII 4 A♭IV ♭5 B𝄫V ♭6 C♭VI 7 DVII E♭ Persian
The whole neck

E♭ Persian 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 ♭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 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3
Harmony

Chords in E♭ Persian

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♭ (3 ♭5 7) E♭ G B𝄫 D
♭IIF♭maj7F♭ A♭ C♭ E♭
III G (𝄫3 5 𝄫7) G B𝄫 D F♭
ivA♭m(maj7)A♭ C♭ E♭ G
♭V B𝄫 (♯3 5 7) B𝄫 D F♭ A♭
♭VI+C♭7♯5C♭ E♭ G B𝄫
VII D (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) D F♭ A♭ C♭
Context

Where E♭ Persian fits

Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.

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

Persian scale in every key

E♭ Persian scale questions

What notes are in the E♭ Persian scale?

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

What is the E♭ Persian scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H H W 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♭ Persian scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of E♭ Persian 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♭ Persian scale?

E♭ (3 ♭5 7) (I), F♭maj7 (♭II), G (𝄫3 5 𝄫7) (III), A♭m(maj7) (iv), B𝄫 (♯3 5 7) (♭V), C♭7♯5 (♭VI+), D (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the E♭ Persian scale used?

Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.