SCALE REFERENCE

A♭ Whole Tone

A♭ – B♭ – C – D – E – G♭1 2 3 #4 #5 b7

Also written G♯ Whole Tone — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Six notes a whole step apart — no leading tone, no perfect 5th, no sense of gravity. The Debussy 'dreamlike' sound; the scale over a 7#5 chord.

Notes & degrees
A♭1B♭2C3D#4E#5G♭b7
NotesAb, Bb, C, D, E, Gb
StepsW – W – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
CDEA♭B♭G♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEG♭A♭B♭CDEBCDEG♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭CDEG♭DDEG♭A♭B♭CDAB♭CDEG♭A♭EEG♭A♭B♭CDE

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

357912AB♭CDEG♭A♭EEG♭A♭B♭CDECCDEG♭A♭B♭CGA♭B♭CDEG♭

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♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)A♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)A♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

A♭ Hungarian MinorA♭ Double Harmonic MajorA♭ Neapolitan Minor
Whole Tone 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.