SCALE REFERENCE

A♯ Altered

A♯ – B – C♯ – D – E – F♯ – G♯1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7

Every tension a dominant chord can take — b9, #9, b5 and #5. The go-to scale over an altered dominant resolving to a minor chord. The 7th mode of melodic minor.

Notes & degrees
A♯1Bb2C♯b3Db4Eb5F♯b6G♯b7
NotesA#, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#
StepsH – W – H – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledSuper Locrian, Diminished Whole Tone
Piano
BDEA♯C♯F♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯A♯BC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯DEF♯DDEF♯G♯A♯BC♯DAA♯BC♯DEF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯BC♯DE

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

357912AA♯BC♯DEF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯BC♯DECC♯DEF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯DEF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°A♯dimA♯m7♭5
♭iiBmBm(maj7)
♭iiiC♯mC♯m7
♭IV+DaugDmaj7♯5
♭VEE7
♭VIF♯F♯7
♭vii°G♯dimG♯m7♭5

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

i°A♯dim♭iiBm♭iiiC♯m♭IV+Daug♭VE♭VIF♯♭vii°G♯dim
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♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

A♯ Whole ToneA♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)A♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)A♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

A♯ Hungarian MinorA♯ Double Harmonic MajorA♯ Neapolitan Minor
Altered on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯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.