E♭ (musical note)

E♭ (E-flat; also called mi bémol) is the first note of the E♭ major scale.

Well-known compositions in E-flat major
The prelude to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold is a famous piece of drone music that begins with a low E flat and builds to more elaborate forms of the E flat major chord. It is used in this opera to portray the motion of the river Rhine.Erickson, Robert, Sound Structure in Music, p. 94. University of California Press, 1975 

Designation by octave
Scientific designationHelmholtz designationOctave nameFrequency (Hz)E−1  E͵͵͵ or ͵͵͵E  or EEEE Subsubcontra  E0  E͵͵ or ͵͵E or EEE Subcontra  E1  E͵ or ͵E or EE  Contra  E2  E  Great  E3  e  Small  E4  e′  One-lined  E5  e′′  Two-lined  E6  e′′′  Three-lined  E7  e′′′′  Four-lined  E8  e′′′′′  Five-lined E9  e′′′′′′  Six-lined  E10  e′′′′′′′  Seven-lined  

Common scales beginning on E
E Major: E F G A B C D E
E Natural Minor: E F G A B C D E
E Harmonic Minor: E F G A B C D E
E Melodic Minor Ascending: E F G A B C D E
E Melodic Minor Descending: E D C B A G F E

References

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