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 | G#, A, B, C, D, E, F# |
|---|---|
| Steps | H – W – H – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half) |
| Also called | Super Locrian, Diminished Whole Tone |
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.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i° | G♯dim | G♯m7♭5 |
| ♭ii | Am | Am(maj7) |
| ♭iii | Bm | Bm7 |
| ♭IV+ | Caug | Cmaj7♯5 |
| ♭V | D | D7 |
| ♭VI | E | E7 |
| ♭vii° | F♯dim | F♯m7♭5 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
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.