SCALE REFERENCE

E♭ Augmented Scale

E♭ – G♭ – G – B♭ – B – D1 b3 3 5 #5 7

Also written D♯ 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
E♭1G♭b3G3B♭5B#5D7
NotesEb, Gb, G, Bb, B, D
Steps3 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledSymmetrical Augmented
Piano
GBDE♭G♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eG♭GB♭BDE♭BBDE♭G♭GB♭BGGB♭BDE♭G♭GDDE♭G♭GB♭BDAB♭BDE♭G♭GEG♭GB♭BDE♭

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

357912AB♭BDE♭G♭GEG♭GB♭BDE♭CDE♭G♭GB♭BGGB♭BDE♭G♭G

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

Other scales on E♭

Core scales & modes

E♭ MajorE♭ Natural MinorE♭ Harmonic MinorE♭ Melodic MinorE♭ DorianE♭ PhrygianE♭ LydianE♭ MixolydianE♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E♭ Major PentatonicE♭ Minor PentatonicE♭ BluesE♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E♭ Harmonic MajorE♭ Phrygian DominantE♭ Lydian DominantE♭ AlteredE♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E♭ Whole ToneE♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)E♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)

World & exotic

E♭ Hungarian MinorE♭ Double Harmonic MajorE♭ 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.