Guitar UpscaleSix Tone Symmetrical scale on guitar
The six tone symmetrical scale repeats its shape every four frets and holds two major triads.
| Notes in A | A Bb C# D E# F# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 3 4 #5 6 |
| Steps | H W+H H W+H H W+H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 6 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Six Tone Symmetrical" |
Play A Six Tone Symmetrical on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Six Tone Symmetrical scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, 3rd, 4th, raised 5th and 6th.
It holds two augmented triads. It also holds a major and a minor triad on the flat 2nd, the 4th and the 6th.
Its shape repeats every four frets.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| #5 | Minor 6th | 8 | E# |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Six Tone Symmetrical scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b2 (Bb): Bb Augmented Scale
- From degree 4 (D): D Augmented Scale
- From degree 6 (F#): F# Augmented Scale
Six Tone Symmetrical in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db E F G# A | Open |
| Db | Db D F Gb A Bb | Open |
| D | D Eb F# G A# B | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb G Ab B C | Open |
| E | E F G# A B# C# | Open |
| F | F Gb A Bb C# D | Open |
| F# | F# G A# B D D# | Open |
| G | G Ab B C D# E | Open |
| Ab | Ab A C Db E F | Open |
| A | A Bb C# D E# F# | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb D Eb F# G | Open |
| B | B C D# E G G# | 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)
- Altered Scale (Super Locrian)
- Lydian Diminished
- Lydian #2
- Locrian #2 (Half Diminished)
- Locrian Natural 6
- Ultralocrian
- Ionian #5