E♭ whole tone (Eb whole tone) scale on piano
E♭ whole tone has 6 notes: E♭ F G A B D♭. Degrees: 1 2 3 ♯4 ♭6 ♭7. Formula: W W W W W W.
What notes are in the E♭ whole tone scale?
E♭, F, G, A, B and D♭. It has 6 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W W W W W.
What does E♭ whole tone sound like, and when do you use it?
No center, like a dream: every note the same distance apart. Use it over 7♯5 and 7♭5 (augmented).
To hear it: Voiles — Claude Debussy.
Chord progressions to improvise with E♭ whole tone
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 keyboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in E♭:
- Parallel (I7♯5–II7♯5): E♭7♯5 | F7♯5. Two augmented chords a whole step apart: no center, like a dream.
E♭ whole tone on the keyboard
It uses 2 black keys: E♭ and D♭. On the interactive keyboard above you can hear it, show its degrees or intervals and practice its chords.
Same notes as
D♭ whole tone · F whole tone · G whole tone · A whole tone · B whole tone
Whole tone in other keys
On other instruments
E♭ whole tone on guitar · E♭ whole tone on bass · All scales