SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Augmented Scale

B♭ – D♭ – D – F – G♭ – A1 b3 3 5 #5 7

Also written A♯ 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
B♭1D♭b3D3F5G♭#5A7
NotesBb, Db, D, F, Gb, A
Steps3 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledSymmetrical Augmented
Piano
DFAB♭D♭G♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭AB♭D♭DBD♭DFG♭AB♭GAB♭D♭DFG♭DDFG♭AB♭D♭DAAB♭D♭DFG♭AEFG♭AB♭D♭D

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

357912AAB♭D♭DFG♭AEFG♭AB♭D♭DCD♭DFG♭AB♭GAB♭D♭DFG♭

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

Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ MajorB♭ Natural MinorB♭ Harmonic MinorB♭ Melodic MinorB♭ DorianB♭ PhrygianB♭ LydianB♭ MixolydianB♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B♭ Major PentatonicB♭ Minor PentatonicB♭ BluesB♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B♭ Harmonic MajorB♭ Phrygian DominantB♭ Lydian DominantB♭ AlteredB♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B♭ Whole ToneB♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)B♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)

World & exotic

B♭ Hungarian MinorB♭ Double Harmonic MajorB♭ 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.