Guitar UpscaleTen Tone Dominant scale on guitar
This ten note scale has every note but the flat 5th and the 7th. It joins Phrygian and Mixolydian.
| Notes in A | A Bb B C C# D E F F# G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 2 b3 3 4 5 b6 6 b7 |
| Steps | H H H H H W H H H W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 10 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Ten Tone Dominant" |
Play the A Ten Tone Dominant scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Ten Tone Dominant scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, flat 6th, 6th and flat 7th.
It has both 3rds, both 6ths and the flat 7th, so it fits songs that move between minor and dominant chords on the same root.
With ten of twelve notes, it is close to chromatic. The two missing notes keep the 5th and the root clean.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Ten Tone Dominant scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 5 (E): E Ten Tone Minor scale
Ten Tone Dominant scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db D Eb E F G Ab A Bb | Open |
| C# | C# D D# E E# F# G# A A# B | Open |
| D | D Eb E F F# G A Bb B C | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb F Gb G Ab Bb Cb C Db | Open |
| E | E F F# G G# A B C C# D | Open |
| F | F Gb G Ab A Bb C Db D Eb | Open |
| F# | F# G G# A A# B C# D D# E | Open |
| G | G Ab A Bb B C D Eb E F | Open |
| G# | G# A A# B B# C# D# E E# F# | Open |
| A | A Bb B C C# D E F F# G | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb C Db D Eb F Gb G Ab | Open |
| B | B C 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
- 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
- Ionian #5
- Ten Tone Harmonic
- Ten Tone Minor