A PersianScale
Formula
A Persian on the chromatic circle
A Persian is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A Persian 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.
Chords in A Persian
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where A Persian fits
Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Persian scale in every key
A Persian scale questions
What notes are in the A Persian scale?
A B♭ C♯ D E♭ F G♯. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7.
What is the A Persian scale formula?
1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H H W 1½ 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 Persian scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A Persian 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 Persian scale?
A (3 ♭5 7) (I), B♭maj7 (♭II), C♯ (𝄫3 5 𝄫7) (III), Dm(maj7) (iv), E♭ (♯3 5 7) (♭V), F7♯5 (♭VI+), G♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).
When is the A Persian scale used?
Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.