C AugmentedScale
Formula
C Augmented on the chromatic circle
C Augmented is the 1st mode of the Augmented family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
C Augmented 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.
Where C Augmented fits
Two augmented triads a half step apart: modern jazz over maj7♯5 chords. Rare.
Augmented scale in every key
C Augmented scale questions
What notes are in the C Augmented scale?
C D♯ E G G♯ B. As degrees from the root: 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7.
What is the C Augmented scale formula?
1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7, or in steps between the notes, 1½ H 1½ H 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 C Augmented scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of C Augmented 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.
When is the C Augmented scale used?
Two augmented triads a half step apart: modern jazz over maj7♯5 chords. Rare.