Also written B♭ 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 | A#, C, D, E, F#, G# |
|---|---|
| Steps | W – W – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half) |
Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.
The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.
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.