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E♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale – Guitar

The first scale most guitarists learn for soloing: five notes, five boxes, and the sound of almost every rock and blues solo. 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♭ minor pentatonic scale

• E♭1
• G♭b3
• A♭4
• B♭5
• D♭b7

Formula: 1 – b3 – 4 – 5 – b7. Use it to solo over songs in E♭ minor, and over E♭ blues and rock progressions.

Same five notes as the F♯ major pentatonic scale – the shapes are identical, only the home note changes.

E♭ minor 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|-------------------------------11-14-|
B|-------------------------11-14-------|
G|-------------------11-13-------------|
D|-------------11-13-------------------|
A|-------11-13-------------------------|
E|-11-14-------------------------------|

e|---------------------2-4-|
B|-----------------2-4-----|
G|-------------1-3---------|
D|---------1-4-------------|
A|-----1-4-----------------|
E|-2-4---------------------|

e|---------------------4-6-|
B|-----------------4-7-----|
G|-------------3-6---------|
D|---------4-6-------------|
A|-----4-6-----------------|
E|-4-6---------------------|

e|---------------------6-9-|
B|-----------------7-9-----|
G|-------------6-8---------|
D|---------6-8-------------|
A|-----6-9-----------------|
E|-6-9---------------------|

e|-------------------------------9--11-|
B|-------------------------9--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).

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

e|-14p-11------14p-11------14p-11------11--|
B|---------14----------14----------14------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

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

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Other scales in E♭

• E♭ Major 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

Minor Pentatonic Scale in other keys

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