E♭ Minor Pentatonic scale on ukulele
The E♭ Minor Pentatonic scale across the gCEA ukulele neck — notes E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ D♭ — on a tap-to-hear fretboard, with the formula and how it sounds. Free.
The scale on the neck
Here's E♭ Minor Pentatonic over the first 12 frets of the ukulele (standard gCEA tuning). The pink notes are the root; tap any note to hear it, or play the whole scale ascending.
Press Make it interactive and the same scale opens on a ukulele neck — all 15 frets, the low-G and baritone tunings, and each note labelled by its interval from the root (R, ♭3, 4…) instead of by name. The numbers are the same in every key, so what you learn here transposes straight to G or E. (Note: the root shows there as R.)
Standard gCEA high-g tuning (soprano, concert, and high-g tenor). The g string is re-entrant — a high note, not a bass — so scale runs cross strings differently than on guitar. Because g is high, ukulele scales are usually played as a box across all four strings rather than one long run up a single string: look for the nearest lit note on an adjacent string. Baritone (DGBE) uses different shapes.
The notes
Each note is labelled with its scale degree. The formula (1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7) is the scale's fingerprint — identical in every key.
How it's built & how it sounds
E♭ Minor Pentatonic is a five-note scale (not a mode) — probably the most-played scale on guitar. What makes it different: The natural minor scale with its two clash-prone notes — the 2nd and the ♭6 — removed. Five notes remain: 1, ♭3, 4, 5 and ♭7.
The sound: Strong, bluesy, vocal. It sounds good loud. Where you'll hear it: The backbone of rock and blues soloing. The famous “box shape” on guitar is this scale, and most iconic rock solos live inside it.
Minor Pentatonic on other roots
Other scales on E♭ ukulele
Play guitar too? See E♭ Minor Pentatonic on guitar · ukulele chords.
Scales and their formulas are shared facts of music theory. The fretboard and audio are generated by ThunderFret's own engine — no tabs or recordings are reproduced.
See E♭ Minor Pentatonic on the full neck inside the tool — it opens on ukulele, with every note labelled by its interval, and you can hear a note at a time or the whole scale. Free.
Open E♭ Minor Pentatonic in the toolFrequently asked
What notes are in the E♭ Minor Pentatonic scale on ukulele?
E♭ Minor Pentatonic has 5 notes: E♭, G♭, A♭, B♭, D♭. On a standard gCEA ukulele they appear all across the neck.
How do I play E♭ Minor Pentatonic on ukulele?
Use the fretboard above — each lit note is in the scale. Because the ukulele's g string is re-entrant (a high note, not a bass), the notes don't climb in a straight line like a guitar; the map shows exactly where each one sits.
What is the formula for the minor pentatonic scale?
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 — the step pattern 1½–W–W–1½–W. It's the same in every key.