E EnigmaticScale

Formula

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

E Enigmatic on the chromatic circle

E 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 EI Enigmatic ♭2 FII 3 G♯III ♯4 A♯IV ♯5 B♯V ♯6 C𝄪VI 7 D♯VII E Enigmatic
The whole neck

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

Chords in E 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+Emaj7♯5E G♯ B♯ D♯
♭II F (♯3 𝄪5 7) F A♯ C𝄪 E
IIIG♯ (𝄫7)G♯ B♯ D♯ F
♯IVA♯7♭5A♯ C𝄪 E G♯
♯v B♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) B♯ D♯ F A♯
♯VI C𝄪 (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) C𝄪 E G♯ B♯
VII D♯ (𝄫3 5 7) D♯ F A♯ C𝄪
Context

Where E Enigmatic fits

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

Enigmatic scale in every key

E Enigmatic scale questions

What notes are in the E Enigmatic scale?

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

What is the E 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 E Enigmatic scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the E Enigmatic scale?

Emaj7♯5 (I+), F (♯3 𝄪5 7) (♭II), G♯ (𝄫7) (III), A♯7♭5 (♯IV), B♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) (♯v), C𝄪 (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (♯VI), D♯ (𝄫3 5 7) (VII).

When is the E Enigmatic scale used?

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