B♭ EnigmaticScale

Formula

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

B♭ Enigmatic on the chromatic circle

B♭ 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 B♭I Enigmatic ♭2 C♭II 3 DIII ♯4 EIV ♯5 F♯V ♯6 G♯VI 7 AVII B♭ Enigmatic
The whole neck

B♭ 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 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯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 ♯4 ♯5
Harmony

Chords in B♭ 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+B♭maj7♯5B♭ D F♯ A
♭II C♭ (♯3 𝄪5 7) C♭ E G♯ B♭
IIID (𝄫7)D F♯ A C♭
♯IVE7♭5E G♯ B♭ D
♯v F♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) F♯ A C♭ E
♯VI G♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) G♯ B♭ D F♯
VII A (𝄫3 5 7) A C♭ E G♯
Context

Where B♭ Enigmatic fits

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

Enigmatic scale in every key

B♭ Enigmatic scale questions

What notes are in the B♭ Enigmatic scale?

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

What is the B♭ 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 B♭ Enigmatic scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the B♭ Enigmatic scale?

B♭maj7♯5 (I+), C♭ (♯3 𝄪5 7) (♭II), D (𝄫7) (III), E7♭5 (♯IV), F♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) (♯v), G♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (♯VI), A (𝄫3 5 7) (VII).

When is the B♭ Enigmatic scale used?

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