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Fig. 1 · Eb minor pentatonic · first 12 frets

ukulele 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.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb minor pentatonic, ascending

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 ukulele its notes fall in 20 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

E♭mminorE♭m7minor seventhG♭major

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