guitar scale
E♭ minor pentatonic
E♭1G♭♭3A♭4B♭5D♭♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ minor pentatonic.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
E♭W+HG♭WA♭WB♭W+HD♭WE♭
What is true of it
E♭ minor pentatonic is E♭, G♭, A♭, B♭ and D♭, and back to E♭.
Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on E♭
E♭ major pentatonicpentatonicE♭ bluespentatonicE♭ major bluespentatonicE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor
C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentE min pentF min pentF♯ min pentG♭ min pentall 374