Ten Tone Harmonic scale on guitar
This ten note scale has every note but the flat 5th and the 6th. It joins Phrygian dominant and harmonic minor.
| Notes in A | A Bb B C C# D E F G G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 2 b3 3 4 5 b6 b7 7 |
| Steps | H H H H H W H W H H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 10 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Ten Tone Harmonic" |
Play the A Ten Tone Harmonic scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Ten Tone Harmonic scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, flat 6th, flat 7th and 7th.
It has both 3rds and both 7ths, with only the flat 6th. That gives the dark, exotic sound of harmonic minor and Phrygian dominant at once.
With ten of twelve notes, it is close to chromatic. Use it for minor songs with a major chord on the root or on the 5th.
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 |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Ten Tone Harmonic scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db D Eb E F G Ab Bb B | Open |
| C# | C# D D# E E# F# G# A B B# | Open |
| D | D Eb E F F# G A Bb C C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb F Gb G Ab Bb Cb Db D | Open |
| E | E F F# G G# A B C D D# | Open |
| F | F Gb G Ab A Bb C Db Eb E | Open |
| F# | F# G G# A A# B C# D E E# | Open |
| G | G Ab A Bb B C D Eb F F# | Open |
| G# | G# A A# B B# C# D# E F# G | Open |
| A | A Bb B C C# D E F G G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb C Db D Eb F Gb Ab A | Open |
| B | B C C# D D# E F# G A 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 Dominant
- Ten Tone Minor