SCALE REFERENCE

E Augmented Scale

E – G – G♯ – B – C – D♯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

E1Gb3G♯3B5C#5D♯7

Notes	E, G, G#, B, C, D#
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 E

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

E Major Pentatonic E Minor Pentatonic E Blues E Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic Major E Phrygian Dominant E Lydian Dominant E Altered E Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole Tone E Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)

World & exotic

E Hungarian Minor E Double Harmonic Major E 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.