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Fig. 1 · Eb major blues on the keyboard

piano scale

E♭ major blues

E♭1F2G♭♭3G3B♭5C6

Major pentatonic with a flattened third added next to the third — the two live side by side rather than replacing each other.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ major blues.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb major blues, 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♭WFHG♭HGW+HB♭WCW+HE♭

What is true of it

E♭ major blues is E♭, F, G♭, G, B♭ and C, and back to E♭.

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

Chords made only of these notes

CmminorCdimdiminishedCm7minor seventhCm7♭5half-diminished seventhE♭majorE♭mminor

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

Other scales on E♭

E♭ major pentatonicpentatonicE♭ minor pentatonicpentatonicE♭ bluespentatonicE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor

C maj bluesC♯ maj bluesD♭ maj bluesD maj bluesE maj bluesF maj bluesF♯ maj bluesG♭ maj bluesall 374