E♭ Whole toneScale

Formula

W W W W W W 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7
The family

E♭ Whole tone on the chromatic circle

E♭ Whole tone is the 1st mode of the Whole tone family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W W W W W W 1 E♭I Whole tone 2 FII Whole tone 3 GIII Whole tone ♯4 AIV Whole tone ♯5 BV Whole tone ♭7 D♭VI Whole tone E♭ Whole tone
The whole neck

E♭ Whole tone 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 ♭7 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7 1 2 3
Context

Where E♭ Whole tone fits

Dreamy and unresolved: impressionist music, dream sequences in film and TV, and jazz over 7♯5 chords.

Whole tone scale in every key

E♭ Whole tone scale questions

What notes are in the E♭ Whole tone scale?

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

What is the E♭ Whole tone scale formula?

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

How do you play the E♭ Whole tone scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of E♭ Whole tone 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.

When is the E♭ Whole tone scale used?

Dreamy and unresolved: impressionist music, dream sequences in film and TV, and jazz over 7♯5 chords.