piano scale
E♭ major pentatonic
E♭1F2G3B♭5C6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ major 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♭WFWGW+HB♭WCW+HE♭
What is true of it
E♭ major pentatonic is E♭, F, G, B♭ and C, and back to E♭.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
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♭ minor pentatonicpentatonicE♭ bluespentatonicE♭ major bluespentatonicE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor
C maj pentC♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentE maj pentF maj pentF♯ maj pentG♭ maj pentall 374