SCALE REFERENCE

B Augmented Scale

B – D – E♭ – G♭ – G – B♭1 b3 3 5 #5 7

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

Notes & degrees

B1Db3E♭3G♭5G#5B♭7

Notes	B, D, Eb, Gb, G, Bb
Steps	3 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also called	Symmetrical Augmented

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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.

Other scales on B

Core scales & modes

B Major B Natural Minor B Harmonic Minor B Melodic Minor B Dorian B Phrygian B Lydian B Mixolydian B Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B Major Pentatonic B Minor Pentatonic B Blues B Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B Harmonic Major B Phrygian Dominant B Lydian Dominant B Altered B Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B Whole Tone B Diminished (Whole–Half)B Diminished (Half–Whole)

World & exotic

B Hungarian Minor B Double Harmonic Major B Neapolitan Minor

Augmented Scale on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭D♯E F F♯G♭G A♭G♯A B♭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.