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Fig. 1 · Eb whole tone · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

E♭ whole tone

E♭1F2G3A♯4B♯5C♯♯6

Six notes, every step a whole one. There are only two of these scales in all, and every note can be heard as the tonic.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ whole tone.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb whole tone, 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♭WFWGWAWBWC♯WE♭

What is true of it

E♭ whole tone is E♭, F, G, A, B and C♯, and back to E♭.

Its steps are W – W – W – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 26 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯augaugmentedE♭augaugmentedFaugaugmentedGaugaugmentedAaugaugmentedBaugaugmented

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on E♭

E♭ diminished (whole–half)symmetricE♭ diminished (half–whole)symmetricE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor

C w.t.C♯ w.t.D♭ w.t.D w.t.E w.t.F w.t.F♯ w.t.G♭ w.t.all 374