D♭ AugmentedScale

Formula

1½ H 1½ H 1½ H 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7
The family

D♭ Augmented on the chromatic circle

D♭ Augmented is the 1st mode of the Augmented family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

1½ H 1½ H 1½ H 1 D♭I Augmented ♯2 EII Augmented inverse 3 FIII Augmented 5 A♭IV Augmented inverse ♯5 AV Augmented 7 CVI Augmented inverse D♭ Augmented
The whole neck

D♭ 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.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3
Context

Where D♭ Augmented fits

Two augmented triads a half step apart: modern jazz over maj7♯5 chords. Rare.

Augmented scale in every key

D♭ Augmented scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Augmented scale?

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

What is the D♭ 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 D♭ Augmented scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of D♭ 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 D♭ Augmented scale used?

Two augmented triads a half step apart: modern jazz over maj7♯5 chords. Rare.