SCALE REFERENCE

G Altered

G – A♭ – B♭ – C♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7

Every tension a dominant chord can take — b9, #9, b5 and #5. The go-to scale over an altered dominant resolving to a minor chord. The 7th mode of melodic minor.

Notes & degrees
G1A♭b2B♭b3C♭b4D♭b5E♭b6Fb7
NotesG, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, F
StepsH – W – H – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledSuper Locrian, Diminished Whole Tone
Piano
GC♭FA♭B♭D♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭BC♭D♭E♭FGA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FGDE♭FGA♭B♭C♭D♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭

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

357912AB♭C♭D♭E♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°GdimGm7♭5
♭iiA♭mA♭m(maj7)
♭iiiB♭mB♭m7
♭IV+C♭augC♭maj7♯5
♭VD♭D♭7
♭VIE♭E♭7
♭vii°FdimFm7♭5

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

i°Gdim♭iiA♭m♭iiiB♭m♭IV+C♭aug♭VD♭♭VIE♭♭vii°Fdim
Other scales on G

Core scales & modes

G MajorG Natural MinorG Harmonic MinorG Melodic MinorG DorianG PhrygianG LydianG MixolydianG Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G Major PentatonicG Minor PentatonicG BluesG Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G Harmonic MajorG Phrygian DominantG Lydian DominantG Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G Whole ToneG Diminished (Whole–Half)G Diminished (Half–Whole)G Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G Hungarian MinorG Double Harmonic MajorG Neapolitan Minor
Altered on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯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.