Guitar UpscaleIonian #5 scale on guitar
Ionian #5 is the major scale with a raised fifth, the third mode of harmonic minor.
| Notes in A | A B C# D E# F# G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 3 4 #5 6 7 |
| Steps | W W H W+H H W H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 7 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Ionian Alternative" |
Play A Ionian #5 on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Ionian #5 scale
The notes are root, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, raised 5th, 6th and 7th. C Ionian #5 has the notes of A harmonic minor.
The raised 5th makes the root chord augmented, a bright but unsettled sound.
Use it over a major 7th chord with a raised 5th.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| #5 | Minor 6th | 8 | E# |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Chords in A Ionian #5
Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I+ | Aaug | Amaj7#5 |
| ii | Bm | Bm7 |
| III | C# | C#7 |
| IV | D | Dmaj7 |
| #v° | E#dim | E#dim7 |
| vi | F#m | F#mMaj7 |
| vii° | G#dim | G#m7b5 |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Ionian #5 scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 2 (B): B Romanian Minor (Ukrainian Dorian)
- From degree 3 (C#): C# Phrygian Dominant (Hijaz, Ahava Rabbah)
- From degree 4 (D): D Lydian #2
- From degree #5 (E#): E# Ultralocrian
- From degree 6 (F#): F# Harmonic Minor
- From degree 7 (G#): G# Locrian Natural 6
Ionian #5 in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D E F G# A B | Open |
| Db | Db Eb F Gb A Bb C | Open |
| D | D E F# G A# B C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb F G Ab B C D | Open |
| E | E F# G# A B# C# D# | Open |
| F | F G A Bb C# D E | Open |
| F# | F# G# A# B D D# E# | Open |
| G | G A B C D# E F# | Open |
| Ab | Ab Bb C Db E F G | Open |
| A | A B C# D E# F# G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C D Eb F# G A | Open |
| B | B C# D# E G G# A# | Open |
More Special scales
- Chromatic Scale
- Whole Tone Scale
- Leading Whole Tone
- Diminished (Whole Half)
- Diminished (Half Whole)
- Diminished Whole Tone
- Octatonic Scale
- Augmented Scale
- Enigmatic Scale
- Nine Tone Scale
- Overtone (Lydian Dominant)
- Six Tone Symmetrical
- Altered Scale (Super Locrian)
- Lydian Diminished
- Lydian #2
- Locrian #2 (Half Diminished)
- Locrian Natural 6
- Ultralocrian