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# E♭ melodic minor scale on guitar

E♭ melodic minor has 7 notes: E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C, D.

| Note | E♭ | F | G♭ | A♭ | B♭ | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Degree | 1 | 2 | ♭3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Step | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

## E♭ melodic minor on the whole neck

Every E♭ melodic minor note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

E♭ melodic minor Note names

E♭ melodic minor Degrees

## E♭ melodic minor in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a E♭ falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

Position 1: frets 1–5, 17 notes

Position 2: frets 4–8, 17 notes

Position 3: frets 6–10, 17 notes

Position 4: frets 8–12, 17 notes

Position 5: frets 11–15, 17 notes

## Triads in E♭ melodic minor

| Degree | Chord | Pages |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | E♭m | [E♭ minor arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/eb-minor) |
| 2 | Fm | [F minor arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/f-minor) |
| ♭3 | G♭aug | [G♭ augmented arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/gb-augmented) |
| 4 | A♭ | [A♭ major arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/ab-major) |
| 5 | B♭ | [B♭ major arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/bb-major) |
| 6 | Cdim | [C diminished arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/c-diminished) |
| 7 | Ddim | [D diminished arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/d-diminished) |

## Seventh chords in E♭ melodic minor

| Degree | Chord | Pages |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | E♭m(maj7) | [E♭m(maj7) arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/ebmmaj7) |
| 2 | Fm7 | [Fm7 arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/fm7) · [Fm7 drop 2](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/fm7-drop-2) · [Fm7 drop 3](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/fm7-drop-3) · [Fm7 drop 2 and 4](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/fm7-drop-2-and-4) |
| ♭3 | G♭ | – |
| 4 | A♭7 | [A♭7 arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/ab7) · [A♭7 drop 2](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/ab7-drop-2) · [A♭7 drop 3](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/ab7-drop-3) · [A♭7 drop 2 and 4](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/ab7-drop-2-and-4) |
| 5 | B♭7 | [B♭7 arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/bb7) · [B♭7 drop 2](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/bb7-drop-2) · [B♭7 drop 3](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/bb7-drop-3) · [B♭7 drop 2 and 4](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/bb7-drop-2-and-4) |
| 6 | Cm7♭5 | [Cm7♭5 arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/cm7b5) · [Cm7♭5 drop 2](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/cm7b5-drop-2) · [Cm7♭5 drop 3](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/cm7b5-drop-3) · [Cm7♭5 drop 2 and 4](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/cm7b5-drop-2-and-4) |
| 7 | Dm7♭5 | [Dm7♭5 arpeggio](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/dm7b5) · [Dm7♭5 drop 2](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/dm7b5-drop-2) · [Dm7♭5 drop 3](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/dm7b5-drop-3) · [Dm7♭5 drop 2 and 4](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/chords/dm7b5-drop-2-and-4) |

## Same notes, other names

These scales use exactly the notes of E♭ melodic minor, starting from another root.

- [D altered](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-altered)
- [A♭ Lydian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/ab-lydian-dominant)

## Melodic minor in every key

- [C melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-melodic-minor)
- [C♯ melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-sharp-melodic-minor)
- [D melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-melodic-minor)
- E♭ melodic minor
- [E melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/e-melodic-minor)
- [F melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-melodic-minor)
- [F♯ melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-sharp-melodic-minor)
- [G melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-melodic-minor)
- [A♭ melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/ab-melodic-minor)
- [A melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/a-melodic-minor)
- [B♭ melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-melodic-minor)
- [B melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/b-melodic-minor)

## Practice it in Practice Lab

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[Open it in Practice Lab](https://practice.graph.audio/#practice=scale-melodic-minor:3:ladder:p1)
