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E♭ ionian major #2 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

A string: Bb, C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

D string: D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

G string: G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F#, G at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

B string: C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, Bb at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

High E string: F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

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Eb ionian major #2

The ionian #2 scale, the sixth mode of the neapolitan minor scale, is a major scale whose 2nd is raised to a sharp 2nd, creating an augmented 2nd leap right at the start. The rest is textbook major, so melodies keep snapping between exotic and plain. It is a striking way to make a familiar major progression sound foreign.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

E♭

I

E♭maj
F♯

#II

A♭7no5/F#
G

iii

Gm
A♭

IV

A♭maj
B♭

V+

B♭aug
C

vi

Cm
D

VII

Dmaj♭5

Same notes, different mode

Eb ionian major #2 uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

F# ultralocrianG neapolitan minorAb lydian #6Bb mixolydian augmentedC romani minorD locrian dominant

ionian major #2 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Play Eb major but leap from the root straight to #2 (F#) and settle on the 3rd; one displaced note makes familiar lines sound foreign.
  • Use the #2 (F#) as a chromatic ornament to the 3rd (G) in an otherwise textbook major solo; ration it and it stays striking.
  • It is the sixth mode of neapolitan minor, sharing its notes with the neapolitan minor a major 3rd below Eb.
  • Over a plain major triad, alternate phrases from Eb major and Eb ionian #2 (F#) to make one chord feel like two worlds.

How to play E♭ ionian major #2 on guitar

Open D and open G are the only strings in this key, sitting as the seventh and the third, which puts every root under a fretted finger. Lowest-numbered root is fret 1 on the D string, while the low E root climbs to fret 11 and the A string carries one at fret 6. A capo at fret 1 maps D shapes onto Eb, letting you keep first-position fingerings in a key with 3 flats. DMb5 is the VII chord.

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