Guitar scale · augmented hexatonic
A Augmented Scale
Six-note symmetrical scale that alternates a minor 3rd and a half step: 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7. It holds two augmented triads.
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A Augmented Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|-------------------------5-8-9-| B|---------------------6-9-------| G|---------------5-6-9-----------| D|-----------6-7-----------------| A|-------7-8---------------------| E|-5-8-9-------------------------|
e|------------------------------8-9-| B|-------------------------9-10-----| G|--------------------9-10----------| D|------------7-10-11---------------| A|-----7-8-11-----------------------| E|-8-9------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------9-12-13-| B|-----------------------------10-13---------| G|---------------------9-10-13---------------| D|---------------10-11-----------------------| A|---------11-12-----------------------------| E|-9-12-13-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------12-13-16-| B|-------------------------------13-14----------| G|-------------------------13-14----------------| D|-------------------14-15----------------------| A|----------12-15-16----------------------------| E|-12-13-16-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------16-17-| B|-------------------------------17-18-------| G|----------------------14-17-18-------------| D|-------------14-15-18----------------------| A|-------15-16-------------------------------| E|-16-17-------------------------------------|
How to play A Augmented on guitar
Find the root first: A is at fret 5 on the low E string and fret 0 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every A on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, 5, 7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 5–9. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | A |
| ♯2 | B# |
| 3 | C# |
| 5 | E |
| ♯5 | E# |
| 7 | G# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the A Augmented Scale?
- The A Augmented Scale has 6 notes: A, B#, C#, E, E#, G#.
- What is the formula of the augmented scale?
- 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7, which is the step pattern W+H H W+H H W+H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play A Augmented on the guitar?
- The root A is at fret 5 on the low E string and fret 0 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 5–9, and four more positions connect it up the neck.