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E♭ Major Pentatonic Scale – Guitar

The bright, sweet-sounding pentatonic: country, pop and classic rock solos over major-key songs. 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♭ major pentatonic scale

• E♭1
• F2
• G3
• B♭5
• C6

Formula: 1 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 6. Use it to solo over songs in E♭ major.

Same five notes as the C minor pentatonic scale – the shapes are identical, only the home note changes.

E♭ major pentatonic 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.

e|-------------------------------11-13-|
B|-------------------------11-13-------|
G|-------------------10-12-------------|
D|-------------10-13-------------------|
A|-------10-13-------------------------|
E|-11-13-------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------13-15-|
B|-------------------------13-16-------|
G|-------------------12-15-------------|
D|-------------13-15-------------------|
A|-------13-15-------------------------|
E|-13-15-------------------------------|

e|---------------------3-6-|
B|-----------------4-6-----|
G|-------------3-5---------|
D|---------3-5-------------|
A|-----3-6-----------------|
E|-3-6---------------------|

e|---------------------6-8-|
B|-----------------6-8-----|
G|-------------5-8---------|
D|---------5-8-------------|
A|-----6-8-----------------|
E|-6-8---------------------|

e|-------------------------------8--11-|
B|-------------------------8--11-------|
G|-------------------8--10-------------|
D|-------------8--10-------------------|
A|-------8--10-------------------------|
E|-8--11-------------------------------|

E♭ major backing track

Play the boxes over this, starting and ending phrases on the gold root notes.

D# Major - Backing Track - 135BPM – ChordTracks

Songs in E♭ major

These songs are in E♭ major, so this is a scale that fits for soloing over them:

• Fix You – Coldplay
• Sweater Weather – The Neighbourhood
• Your Song – Elton John
• Youre Beautiful – James Blunt
• Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer
• Titanium – David Guetta
• Demons – Imagine Dragons
• Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
• Mad World – Gary Jules
• Youre Still The One – Shania Twain
• Baby – Justin Bieber
• Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Nirvana

All songs in E♭ major →

Other scales in E♭

• E♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale
• E♭ Blues 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

Major Pentatonic Scale in other keys

• C Major Pentatonic Scale
• D♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• D Major Pentatonic Scale
• E Major Pentatonic Scale
• F Major Pentatonic Scale
• F♯ Major Pentatonic Scale
• G Major Pentatonic Scale
• A♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• A Major Pentatonic Scale
• B♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• B Major Pentatonic Scale