E♭ Hirajoshi (Eb Hirajoshi) scale on bass
E♭ Hirajoshi has 5 notes: E♭ F G♭ B♭ B. Degrees: 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6. Formula: W H 2W H 2W.
What notes are in the E♭ Hirajoshi scale?
E♭, F, G♭, B♭ and B. It has 5 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W H 2W H 2W.
What does E♭ Hirajoshi sound like, and when do you use it?
Approximation of a Japanese scale: delicate, with an Eastern melancholy. Use it over minor chords with ♭6.
Chord progressions to improvise with E♭ Hirajoshi
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fretboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in E♭:
- Pedal (I): a E♭m vamp. A chord made of scale notes, held over the root: hear each note against the bass.
E♭ Hirajoshi positions on bass
In standard tuning (E A D G), with 2 notes per string, E♭ Hirajoshi is played in 5 positions along the neck:
- Position 1: frets 9 to 13 (starts on the root)
- Position 2: frets 11 to 15
- Position 3: frets 2 to 6
- Position 4: frets 4 to 8
- Position 5: frets 7 to 11