Guitar scale · augmented hexatonic
B 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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B 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|------------------------------7-10-11-| B|-------------------------8-11---------| G|------------------7-8-11--------------| D|--------------8-9---------------------| A|---------9-10-------------------------| E|-7-10-11------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------10-11-| B|-----------------------------11-12-------| G|-----------------------11-12-------------| D|---------------9-12-13-------------------| A|-------9-10-13---------------------------| E|-10-11-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------11-14-15-| B|-------------------------------12-15----------| G|----------------------11-12-15----------------| D|----------------12-13-------------------------| A|----------13-14-------------------------------| E|-11-14-15-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------14-15-18-| B|-------------------------------15-16----------| G|-------------------------15-16----------------| D|-------------------16-17----------------------| A|----------14-17-18----------------------------| E|-14-15-18-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------18-19-| B|-------------------------------19-20-------| G|----------------------16-19-20-------------| D|-------------16-17-20----------------------| A|-------17-18-------------------------------| E|-18-19-------------------------------------|
How to play B Augmented on guitar
Find the root first: B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every B 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 7–11. 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 | B |
| ♯2 | D |
| 3 | D# |
| 5 | F# |
| ♯5 | G |
| 7 | A# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the B Augmented Scale?
- The B Augmented Scale has 6 notes: B, D, D#, F#, G, A#.
- 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 B Augmented on the guitar?
- The root B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 7–11, and four more positions connect it up the neck.