SCALE REFERENCE

G♭ Augmented Scale

G♭ – A – B♭ – D♭ – D – F1 b3 3 5 #5 7

Also written F♯ 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

G♭1Ab3B♭3D♭5D#5F7

Notes	Gb, A, Bb, Db, D, F
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 G♭

Core scales & modes

G♭ Major G♭ Natural Minor G♭ Harmonic Minor G♭ Melodic Minor G♭ Dorian G♭ Phrygian G♭ Lydian G♭ Mixolydian G♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G♭ Major Pentatonic G♭ Minor Pentatonic G♭ Blues G♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♭ Harmonic Major G♭ Phrygian Dominant G♭ Lydian Dominant G♭ Altered G♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G♭ Whole Tone G♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)G♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)

World & exotic

G♭ Hungarian Minor G♭ Double Harmonic Major G♭ 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.