Eb Kalyan Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · Indian raga · 7 notes · major family
Notes
E♭
F
G
A
B♭
C
D
Solfège : Mi♭ – Fa – Sol – La – Si♭ – Do – Ré
Interval Structure
E♭
T
F
T
G
T
A
½T
B♭
T
C
T
D
→
E♭+oct.
½T
Scale Chords (triads)
| Degree | Chord (in Eb) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| I | E♭ | Major |
| II | F | Major |
| iii | Gm | minor |
| iv° | A° | diminished |
| V | B♭ | Major |
| vi | Cm | minor |
| vii | Dm | minor |
About this scale
Raga Kalyan is the Indian equivalent of the Lydian mode. On guitar, its characteristic #4 creates the same floating, ascending effect as Western Lydian. World-fusion guitarists (Ravi Shankar × Philip Glass, John McLaughlin) exploit it for very beautiful twilight atmospheres.
See fretboard positions for Eb Kalyan on guitar in the interactive app.
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