SCALE REFERENCE

D♯ Augmented Scale

D♯ – F♯ – G – A♯ – B – D1 b3 3 5 #5 7

Also written E♭ 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
D♯1F♯b3G3A♯5B#5D7
NotesD#, F#, G, A#, B, D
Steps3 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledSymmetrical Augmented
Piano
GBDD♯F♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♯GA♯BDD♯BBDD♯F♯GA♯BGGA♯BDD♯F♯GDDD♯F♯GA♯BDAA♯BDD♯F♯GEF♯GA♯BDD♯

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

357912AA♯BDD♯F♯GEF♯GA♯BDD♯CDD♯F♯GA♯BGGA♯BDD♯F♯G

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

Other scales on D♯

Core scales & modes

D♯ MajorD♯ Natural MinorD♯ Harmonic MinorD♯ Melodic MinorD♯ DorianD♯ PhrygianD♯ LydianD♯ MixolydianD♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

D♯ Major PentatonicD♯ Minor PentatonicD♯ BluesD♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D♯ Harmonic MajorD♯ Phrygian DominantD♯ Lydian DominantD♯ AlteredD♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

D♯ Whole ToneD♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)D♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)

World & exotic

D♯ Hungarian MinorD♯ Double Harmonic MajorD♯ 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.