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E♭ minor hexatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, Gb, Ab, Bb, D, Eb at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11

A string: Bb, D, Eb, F, Gb, Ab at frets 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

D string: D, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, D at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12

G string: Ab, Bb, D, Eb, F, Gb at frets 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11

B string: D, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb at frets 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11

High E string: F, Gb, Ab, Bb, D, Eb at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11

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Eb minor hexatonic

The minor hexatonic is a six note scale: root, 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, 5th, major 7th. It is harmonic minor with the flat 6th omitted, keeping the dramatic leading tone while removing the scale's most dissonant rub. The result is a clean minor sound with a strong pull home, handy over minor and minor-major 7th chords alike.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

E♭

I

F

II

G♭

bIII

A♭

IV

B♭

V

D

VII

minor hexatonic in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Hear Eb minor hexatonic as harmonic minor minus the flat 6th: the drama of the leading tone (D) without the augmented-2nd gap.
  • Over a minor-major 7th chord, arpeggiate root, bIII (Gb), V, VII and use the 2nd (F) and 4th (Ab) as connecting steps.
  • End phrases VII up to Eb; with no b6 (B) in the way, the resolution sounds clean rather than exotic.
  • Use it when natural minor feels too soft and harmonic minor too Spanish; six notes split the difference.

How to play E♭ minor hexatonic on guitar

Only the open D belongs to Eb minor hexatonic, a major seventh over the tonic, so it works as a leading tone under fretted lines and not as a home drone. Clamp fret 1, so every D minor hexatonic fingering you own transfers unchanged. Closest root sits at fret 1 of that same D string, which means low phrases can anchor there rather than up at the 11th. Four flats. Shapes built off the fret 11 root on the low E give out at fret 15.

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