piano scale
E♭ melodic minor
E♭1F2G♭♭3A♭4B♭5C6D7
Minor third, major sixth and seventh — the ascending form, and the parent of most of the altered sounds below.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ melodic minor.
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♭WFHG♭WA♭WB♭WCWDHE♭
What is true of it
E♭ melodic minor is E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C and D, and back to E♭.
Its steps are W – H – W – W – W – W – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
On the same tonic, E♭ major differs from it by exactly one note.
Chords made only of these notes
CdimdiminishedCm7♭5half-diminished seventhDdimdiminishedDaugaugmentedDm7♭5half-diminished seventhE♭mminorFmminorFm7minor seventh
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on E♭
C mel minC♯ mel minD♭ mel minD mel minE mel minF mel minF♯ mel minG♭ mel minall 374