SCALE REFERENCE

G♯ Augmented Scale

G♯ – B – C – D♯ – E – G1 b3 3 5 #5 7

Also written A♭ 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♯1Bb3C3D♯5E#5G7

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