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