SCALE REFERENCE

G Whole Tone

G – A – B – C♯ – D♯ – F1 2 3 #4 #5 b7

Six notes a whole step apart — no leading tone, no perfect 5th, no sense of gravity. The Debussy 'dreamlike' sound; the scale over a 7#5 chord.

Notes & degrees
G1A2B3C♯#4D♯#5Fb7
NotesG, A, B, C#, D#, F
StepsW – W – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
GABFC♯D♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGABC♯D♯BBC♯D♯FGABGGABC♯D♯FGDD♯FGABC♯AABC♯D♯FGAEFGABC♯D♯

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

357912AABC♯D♯FGAEFGABC♯D♯CC♯D♯FGABGGABC♯D♯FG

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

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 AlteredG Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

G Hungarian MinorG Double Harmonic MajorG Neapolitan Minor
Whole Tone 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.