A EnigmaticScale

Formula

H 1½ W W W H H 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7
The family

A Enigmatic on the chromatic circle

A Enigmatic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H 1½ W W W H H 1 AI Enigmatic ♭2 B♭II 3 C♯III ♯4 D♯IV ♯5 E♯V ♯6 F𝄪VI 7 G♯VII A Enigmatic
The whole neck

A Enigmatic across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6
Harmony

Chords in A Enigmatic

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
I+Amaj7♯5A C♯ E♯ G♯
♭II B♭ (♯3 𝄪5 7) B♭ D♯ F𝄪 A
IIIC♯ (𝄫7)C♯ E♯ G♯ B♭
♯IVD♯7♭5D♯ F𝄪 A C♯
♯v E♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) E♯ G♯ B♭ D♯
♯VI F𝄪 (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) F𝄪 A C♯ E♯
VII G♯ (𝄫3 5 7) G♯ B♭ D♯ F𝄪
Context

Where A Enigmatic fits

Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.

Enigmatic scale in every key

A Enigmatic scale questions

What notes are in the A Enigmatic scale?

A B♭ C♯ D♯ E♯ F𝄪 G♯. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7.

What is the A Enigmatic scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ W W W H H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the A Enigmatic scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of A Enigmatic up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.

What chords are in the A Enigmatic scale?

Amaj7♯5 (I+), B♭ (♯3 𝄪5 7) (♭II), C♯ (𝄫7) (III), D♯7♭5 (♯IV), E♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) (♯v), F𝄪 (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (♯VI), G♯ (𝄫3 5 7) (VII).

When is the A Enigmatic scale used?

Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.