SCALE REFERENCE

A♭ Augmented Scale

A♭ – B – C – E♭ – E – G1 b3 3 5 #5 7

Also written G♯ Augmented Scale — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Six notes alternating minor-third and half-step — symmetric, repeating every major third. Built from two augmented triads a half step apart.

Notes & degrees
A♭1Bb3C3E♭5E#5G7
NotesAb, B, C, Eb, E, G
Steps3 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledSymmetrical Augmented
Piano
BCEGA♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEGA♭BCE♭EBBCE♭EGA♭BGGA♭BCE♭EGDE♭EGA♭BCABCE♭EGA♭EEGA♭BCE♭E

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912ABCE♭EGA♭EEGA♭BCE♭ECCE♭EGA♭BCGGA♭BCE♭EG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Other scales on A♭

Core scales & modes

A♭ MajorA♭ Natural MinorA♭ Harmonic MinorA♭ Melodic MinorA♭ DorianA♭ PhrygianA♭ LydianA♭ MixolydianA♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

A♭ Major PentatonicA♭ Minor PentatonicA♭ BluesA♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

A♭ Harmonic MajorA♭ Phrygian DominantA♭ Lydian DominantA♭ AlteredA♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

A♭ Whole ToneA♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)A♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)

World & exotic

A♭ Hungarian MinorA♭ Double Harmonic MajorA♭ Neapolitan Minor
Augmented Scale on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.