Dictionary: Eb Blues Scale

When you add a diminished 5th note to the E-flat minor pentatonic scale (the A note, in this case), you now have the E-flat blues scale.  Try it over E-flat.  Any E-flat.  You may like the results.

Dictionary: Eb Minor Pentatonic Scale

The E-flat minor pentatonic scale is convenient to use for improvising solos and composing melodies over an E-flat minor chord progression, especially if you are unsure whether to use the Aeolian, Dorian, or Phrygian mode at any given moment.

The E-flat minor pentatonic scale sounds especially bluesy over an E-flat major chord progression.  If you want an even bluesier scale, stay tuned ...

Modes in D# / Eb

For larger mode maps:
D# Aeolian
D# Phrygian
D# Locrian
Eb Lydian
Eb Ionian
Eb Mixolydian
Eb Dorian
Eb Aeolian

See also:
D# Minor Scale
Eb Major Scale
Eb Minor Scale

Modes with 6 Flats

For larger mode maps:
Gb Ionian
Ab Dorian
Bb Phrygian
Cb Lydian
Db Mixolydian
Eb Aeolian
F Locrian

See also:
Gb Major Scale
Eb Minor Scale

Dictionary: Ebm Chord

If you're looking for a simpler E-flat minor chord, check out this entry from September 2007, almost exactly six years ago.  Here is a non-standard, non-E?-G?-B? spelling of the Ebm chord, which might work in the context of certain scales:

Dictionary: D#m Chord

D-sharp minor is the enharmonic of E-flat minor, so here's simpler Ebm for guitar from September 2007.

Dictionary: Eb Minor Scale

This scale is the relative minor of Gb major.  In the table below, you'll enter Eb harmonic minor territory with the chords to the right:

Ebm	Gb	Fdim	Gbaug
Abm	Cb	Cbm	Abdim
Bbm	Db	Bb	Ddim

Dictionary: D# Minor Scale

This scale is the relative minor of F# major.  In the table below, you'll enter D# harmonic minor territory with the chords to the right:

D#m	F#	E#dim	F#aug
G#m	B	Bm	G#dim
A#m	C#	A#	Cxdim

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E Riff in Eb, Bass Variation

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We'll embellish yesterday's bassline with slides. We'll even let the first guitar copy this modified bass line. We modified the second guitar to play Wednesday's bass guitar part (open Low Eb) while playing the octave lead. In any case, you can see that there are myriad possibilities even in the constraints of rather generic chord progressions:

     Eb5   Gb Db Eb5 Adim Ab5
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|-----------5-----------7--|
Eb|--0--0-/3-----0--0-/6-----|

Gtr. 2
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--9--9-/12\11-16-16/15\14-|
Db|--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--|
Ab|--7--7-/10\9--14-14/13\12-|
Eb|--0--0--------0--0--------|

Bass
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|-----------5-----------7--|
Eb|--0--0-/3-----0--0-/6-----|

E Riff in Eb, Guitar 2 Variation

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We'll have the Low Eb drone for the second guitar, and modify the last bit. We'll also have the bass play throughout the measure:

     Eb5   Gb Db Eb5 Adim Ab5
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------5--5--------7--7--|
Eb|--0--0--3--2--0--0--6--5--|

Gtr. 2
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--9--9-/12\11-16-16/15\14-|
Db|--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--|
Ab|--7--7-/10\9--14-14/13\12-|
Eb|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

Bass
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|-----------------------2--|
Ab|-----------5--------1-----|
Eb|--0--0--3-----0--0--------|

E Riff in Eb, Guitar 1 Variation

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The focus here is the variation in the rhythm guitar part. We've also (re-)added lower bass notes for the second guitar to fill as an interesting fill in the blank when the bass isn't playing:

     Eb5   Gb Db Eb5 Adim Ab5
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------5--5--------7--7--|
Eb|--0--0--3--2--0--0--6--5--|

Gtr. 2
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--9--9-/12\11-9--9-/15\14-|
Db|--X--X--X---X-X--X---X--X-|
Ab|--7--7-/10\-9-7--7-/13\12-|
Eb|--------0--10-------0--0--|

Bass
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------|
Eb|--0--0--------0--0--------|

E Riff in Eb, Bass

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We're slightly modifying the second guitar part, to add more breathing room to the bass guitar part we've added. Notice that the bass only plays the open Eb (for now) notes at "1-and" as well as "3-and." We'll propose various modifications and variations to the parts in the near future:

     Eb5   Gb Db Eb5   A5 Ab5
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------3--2--|
Db|--2--2--0--0--2--2--3--2--|
Ab|--2--2--2--X--2--2--1--0--|
Eb|--0--0--3--2--0--0--------|

Gtr. 2
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--9--9-/12\11-9--9-/15\14-|
Db|--X--X--X---X-X--X---X--X-|
Ab|--7--7-/10\-9-7--7-/13\12-|
Eb|--------------------------|

Bass
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------|
Eb|--0--0--------0--0--------|

E Riff in Eb, Second Guitar

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We're adding a second guitar part to yesterday's heavy-sounding riff:

     Eb5   Gb Db Eb5   A5 Ab5
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------3--2--|
Db|--2--2--0--0--2--2--3--2--|
Ab|--2--2--2--X--2--2--1--0--|
Eb|--0--0--3--2--0--0--------|

Just imagine a lot of fuzz and wah for the lead guitar:

     Eb5   Gb Db Ebm   A5 Ab5
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--9--9-/12\11-12-12/15\14-|
Db|--X--X--X---X--X--X--X--X-|
Ab|--7--7-/10\-9-10-10/13\12-|
Eb|--0--0-----10--0--0-----0-|