JamEaseE♭ Blues Scale – Guitar
The minor pentatonic plus one extra note, the 'blue note' (b5), which gives blues and rock licks their bite. Here it is in E♭: the notes, the whole neck, all five boxes with TAB, and a backing track to practise over.
Notes in the E♭ blues scale
- E♭1
- G♭b3
- A♭4
- Ab5
- B♭5
- D♭b7
Formula: 1 – b3 – 4 – b5 – 5 – b7. Use it to solo over songs in E♭ minor, and over E♭ blues and rock progressions.
E♭ blues scale on the whole neck
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The 5 boxes (positions) with TAB
Each box is one hand position. Learn Box 1 first: play it up with the TAB, then back down, then move to the next box – together they cover the whole neck.
Box 1 · frets 11–14
e|-------------------------------------11-14-| B|-------------------------------11-14-------| G|----------------------11-13-14-------------| D|----------------11-13----------------------| A|-------11-12-13----------------------------| E|-11-14-------------------------------------|
Box 2 · frets 1–4
e|-----------------------2-4-| B|-------------------2-4-----| G|-------------1-2-3---------| D|---------1-4---------------| A|-----1-4-------------------| E|-2-4-----------------------|
Box 3 · frets 3–7
e|-------------------------4-5-6-| B|---------------------4-7-------| G|-----------------3-6-----------| D|-----------4-6-7---------------| A|-------4-6---------------------| E|-4-5-6-------------------------|
Box 4 · frets 6–9
e|-----------------------6-9-| B|-------------------7-9-----| G|---------------6-8---------| D|---------6-7-8-------------| A|-----6-9-------------------| E|-6-9-----------------------|
Box 5 · frets 8–11
e|----------------------------------9--11-| B|-------------------------9--10-11-------| G|-------------------8--11----------------| D|-------------8--11----------------------| A|-------9--11----------------------------| E|-9--11----------------------------------|
3 E♭ minor licks to play with it
Box 1 licks from the JamEase lick library, written for E♭ minor (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide, b = bend, ~ = vibrato).
Root bounce
Hop off the root and back to it. Simple, and it fits almost any blues or rock track.
e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----11----------| D|-13----13-11-13-| A|----------------| E|----------------|
Rock and roll repeat
The top-string triplet loop half the rock solos ever played use.
e|-14p-11------14p-11------14p-11------11--| B|---------14----------14----------14------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
Blues curl
Nudge the minor third up a half step. That sour-sweet note is the blues.
e|----------------| B|----------------| G|-11b½-11--------| D|-----------13~--| A|----------------| E|----------------|
E♭ minor backing track
Play the boxes over this, starting and ending phrases on the gold root notes.
D# Minor Rock Guitar Backing Track (153 bpm) – Sweet Jam Tracks
Songs in E♭ minor
These songs are in E♭ minor, so this is a scale that fits for soloing over them:
- The Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
- Faded – Alan Walker
- Everything I Do I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
- Reckless Love – Cory Asbury
- A Sky Full Of Stars – Coldplay
- Nutshell – Alice In Chains
- We Found Love – Rihanna
- When I Look At You – Miley Cyrus
- In The End – Linkin Park
- Seaside – The Kooks
- Beat It – Michael Jackson
- Attention – Charlie Puth
Other scales in E♭
- E♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale
- E♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
- E♭ Major Blues Scale
- E♭ Major Scale
- E♭ Natural Minor Scale
- E♭ Dorian Mode
- E♭ Mixolydian Mode
- E♭ Phrygian Mode
- E♭ Lydian Mode
- E♭ Harmonic Minor Scale
- E♭ Melodic Minor Scale
Blues Scale in other keys
- C Blues Scale
- C♯ Blues Scale
- D Blues Scale
- E Blues Scale
- F Blues Scale
- F♯ Blues Scale
- G Blues Scale
- G♯ Blues Scale
- A Blues Scale
- B♭ Blues Scale
- B Blues Scale
Put it to use: solo with it, step by step, starting with three notes.
FAQ
What notes are in the Eb blues scale?
Eb, Gb, Ab, A, Bb, Db. The formula is 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7.
Where do I start playing the Eb blues scale on guitar?
Start with Box 1, frets 11–14. The root note Eb is on the low E string at fret 11.