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Ten Tone Minor scale on guitar

This ten note scale has every note but the 3rd and the 7th, so it stays minor. It joins Phrygian, Locrian and Dorian.

Notes in AA Bb B C D Eb E F F# G
Formula1 b2 2 b3 4 b5 5 b6 6 b7
StepsH H H W H H H H H W (W whole step, H half step)
Note count10
Style in the appSpecial, scale "Ten Tone Minor"
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A Ten Tone Minor scale on the first 15 frets in standard tuning, thin e string on top. Highlighted circles mark the root, A.

Play the A Ten Tone Minor scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale

About the Ten Tone Minor scale

The notes are root, flat 2nd, 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 5th, flat 6th, 6th and flat 7th.

Every minor mode with a flat 7th fits inside it. A song can move between them and the neck stays the same.

With ten of twelve notes, it is close to chromatic. The missing 3rd and 7th keep it from sounding major.

Intervals from the root

DegreeIntervalSemitonesIn A
1Root0A
b2Minor 2nd1Bb
2Major 2nd2B
b3Minor 3rd3C
4Perfect 4th5D
b5Tritone6Eb
5Perfect 5th7E
b6Minor 6th8F
6Major 6th9F#
b7Minor 7th10G

Same notes, another starting note

Start the A Ten Tone Minor scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:

Ten Tone Minor scale in every key

KeyNotesPlay it
CC Db D Eb F Gb G Ab A BbOpen
C#C# D D# E F# G G# A A# BOpen
DD Eb E F G Ab A Bb B COpen
EbEb Fb F Gb Ab A Bb Cb C DbOpen
EE F F# G A Bb B C C# DOpen
FF Gb G Ab Bb Cb C Db D EbOpen
F#F# G G# A B C C# D D# EOpen
GG Ab A Bb C Db D Eb E FOpen
G#G# A A# B C# D D# E E# F#Open
AA Bb B C D Eb E F F# GOpen
BbBb Cb C Db Eb Fb F Gb G AbOpen
BB C C# D E F F# G G# AOpen

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