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Fig. 1 · Eb altered · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

E♭ altered

E♭1F♭♭2G♭♭3A♭♭♭4B♭♭♭5C♭♭6D♭♭7

The seventh mode of melodic minor. Every degree above the tonic that can be altered, is.

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

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb altered, 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♭HF♭WG♭HA♭♭WB♭♭WC♭WD♭WE♭

What is true of it

E♭ altered is E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭♭, B♭♭, C♭ and D♭, and back to E♭.

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

Written correctly it needs 9 alterations, A♭♭ and B♭♭ among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

On the same tonic, E♭ Locrian differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 31 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

D♭dimdiminishedD♭m7♭5half-diminished seventhE♭dimdiminishedE♭augaugmentedE♭m7♭5half-diminished seventhG♭mminorG♭m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on E♭

E♭ Phrygian dominantexoticE♭ Lydian dominantexoticE♭ double harmonicexoticE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor

C altC♯ altD♭ altD altE altF altF♯ altG♭ altall 374