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B♭ Augmented inverseScale

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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 GI Augmented 1 B♭II Augmented inverse ♭2 C♭III Augmented 3 DIV Augmented inverse 4 E♭V 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 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 ♯5 6 1 ♭2 3 4 ♯5 6
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.