Guitar scale · augmented hexatonic
Eb 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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Eb 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|-------------------------------------11-14-15-| B|-------------------------------12-15----------| G|----------------------11-12-15----------------| D|----------------12-13-------------------------| A|----------13-14-------------------------------| E|-11-14-15-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------14-15-| B|-------------------------------15-16-------| G|-------------------------15-16-------------| D|----------------13-16-17-------------------| A|-------13-14-17----------------------------| E|-14-15-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------15-18-19-| B|-------------------------------16-19----------| G|----------------------15-16-19----------------| D|----------------16-17-------------------------| A|----------17-18-------------------------------| E|-15-18-19-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------18-19-22-| B|-------------------------------19-20----------| G|-------------------------19-20----------------| D|-------------------20-21----------------------| A|----------18-21-22----------------------------| E|-18-19-22-------------------------------------|
e|----------------------22-| B|-------------------20----| G|----------------20-------| D|----------20-21----------| A|----21-22----------------| E|-22----------------------|
How to play Eb Augmented on guitar
Find the root first: Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Eb 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 11–15. 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 | Eb |
| ♯2 | F# |
| 3 | G |
| 5 | Bb |
| ♯5 | B |
| 7 | D |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Augmented Scale?
- The Eb Augmented Scale has 6 notes: Eb, F#, G, Bb, B, D.
- 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 Eb Augmented on the guitar?
- The root Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 11–15, and four more positions connect it up the neck.