Guitar UpscaleNine Tone Scale on guitar
The nine tone scale holds nine notes in a pattern that repeats every four frets.
| Notes in A | A B C C# D# E F F# G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 b3 3 #4 5 b6 6 7 |
| Steps | W H H W H H H W H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 9 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Nine Tone" |
Play the A Nine Tone Scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Nine Tone Scale
The notes are root, 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, raised 4th, 5th, flat 6th, 6th and 7th.
Between the 2nd and the 6th it moves almost only in half steps.
With nine of twelve notes, it is close to chromatic. Use it for chromatic lines that still skip a few notes.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| #4 | Tritone | 6 | D# |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Nine Tone Scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D Eb E F# G Ab A B | Open |
| C# | C# D# E E# G G# A A# B# | Open |
| D | D E F F# G# A Bb B C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb F Gb G A Bb Cb C D | Open |
| E | E F# G G# A# B C C# D# | Open |
| F | F G Ab A B C Db D E | Open |
| F# | F# G# A A# B# C# D D# E# | Open |
| G | G A Bb B C# D Eb E F# | Open |
| G# | G# A# B B# D D# E E# G | Open |
| A | A B C C# D# E F F# G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C Db D E F Gb G A | Open |
| B | B C# D D# E# F# 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
- Overtone (Lydian Dominant)
- Six Tone Symmetrical
- Altered Scale (Super Locrian)
- Lydian Diminished
- Lydian #2
- Locrian #2 (Half Diminished)
- Locrian Natural 6
- Ultralocrian
- Ionian #5
- Ten Tone Dominant
- Ten Tone Harmonic
- Ten Tone Minor