F EnigmaticScale
Formula
F Enigmatic on the chromatic circle
F Enigmatic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
F 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 F 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 F Enigmatic fits
Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.
Enigmatic scale in every key
F Enigmatic scale questions
What notes are in the F Enigmatic scale?
F G♭ A B C♯ D♯ E. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7.
What is the F 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 F Enigmatic scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of F 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 F Enigmatic scale?
Fmaj7♯5 (I+), G♭ (♯3 𝄪5 7) (♭II), A (𝄫7) (III), B7♭5 (♯IV), C♯ (♭3 𝄫5 ♭7) (♯v), D♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (♯VI), E (𝄫3 5 7) (VII).
When is the F Enigmatic scale used?
Verdi’s enigmatic scale: a curiosity of classical harmony, rarely used outside study.