B Augmented inverseScale

Formula

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

B Augmented inverse on the chromatic circle

B Augmented inverse is the 2nd mode of the Augmented family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

1½ H 1½ H 1½ H 6 G♯I Augmented 1 BII Augmented inverse ♭2 CIII Augmented 3 D♯IV Augmented inverse 4 EV Augmented ♯5 F𝄪VI Augmented inverse B Augmented inverse
The whole neck

B Augmented inverse 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 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5
Context

Where B Augmented inverse fits

The augmented scale read from its other note: modern jazz over augmented sounds. Rare.

Augmented inverse scale in every key

B Augmented inverse scale questions

What notes are in the B Augmented inverse scale?

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

What is the B Augmented inverse scale formula?

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

How do you play the B Augmented inverse scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of B Augmented inverse 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 A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.

When is the B Augmented inverse scale used?

The augmented scale read from its other note: modern jazz over augmented sounds. Rare.