C EnigmaticScale
Formula
C Enigmatic on the chromatic circle
C Enigmatic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
C 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.
Chords in C Enigmatic
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where C Enigmatic fits
Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.
Enigmatic scale in every key
C Enigmatic scale questions
What notes are in the C Enigmatic scale?
C D♭ E F♯ G♯ A♯ B. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7.
What is the C 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 C Enigmatic scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of C 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.
What chords are in the C Enigmatic scale?
Cmaj7♯5 (I+), D♭ (♯3 𝄪5 7) (♭II), E (𝄫7) (III), F♯7♭5 (♯IV), G♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) (♯v), A♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (♯VI), B (𝄫3 5 7) (VII).
When is the C Enigmatic scale used?
Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.