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E♭ Leading Whole Tone scale

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About the E flat Leading Whole Tone scale

E flat Leading Whole Tone is a whole-tone scale with a leading tone added on top. It's used for jazz and cinematic writing.

Positions

Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.

CAGED

Five shapes, each anchored to a chord form you already know, the pop and rock default that ties your scales to your chords. The outlined notes are that chord, so you can see the C, A, G, E, and D shapes inside the scale.

D shapeopen
C shapefr 3
A shapefr 5
G shapefr 8
E shapefr 10
3NPS

3NPS stands for 3 notes per string. It lays the scale out in seven even shapes for rock and metal lead, and favors speed because the picking pattern stays consistent across every string.

Shape 1fr 1
Shape 2fr 3
Shape 3fr 5
Shape 4fr 6
Shape 5fr 8
Shape 6fr 10
Shape 7fr 11
7-position system

7 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.

Position 1fr 1
Position 2fr 3
Position 3fr 5
Position 4fr 7
Position 5fr 9
Position 6fr 10
Position 7fr 11

Notes and intervals

1 E flat Root
2 F Major 2nd
3 G Major 3rd
4 A Augmented 4th
5 B Augmented 5th
6 C sharp Augmented 6th
7 D Major 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Related scales

Leading Whole Tone in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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