Guitar scale · augmented hexatonic
F 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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F 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|-------------------------1-4-5-| B|---------------------2-5-------| G|---------------1-2-5-----------| D|-----------2-3-----------------| A|-------3-4---------------------| E|-1-4-5-------------------------|
e|-------------------------4-5-| B|---------------------5-6-----| G|-----------------5-6---------| D|-----------3-6-7-------------| A|-----3-4-7-------------------| E|-4-5-------------------------|
e|-------------------------5-8-9-| B|---------------------6-9-------| G|---------------5-6-9-----------| D|-----------6-7-----------------| A|-------7-8---------------------| E|-5-8-9-------------------------|
e|--------------------------------8-9-12-| B|---------------------------9-10--------| G|----------------------9-10-------------| D|----------------10-11------------------| A|--------8-11-12------------------------| E|-8-9-12--------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------12-13-| B|-------------------------------13-14-------| G|----------------------10-13-14-------------| D|-------------10-11-14----------------------| A|-------11-12-------------------------------| E|-12-13-------------------------------------|
How to play F Augmented on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F 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 1–5. 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 | F |
| ♯2 | G# |
| 3 | A |
| 5 | C |
| ♯5 | C# |
| 7 | E |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Augmented Scale?
- The F Augmented Scale has 6 notes: F, G#, A, C, C#, E.
- 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 F Augmented on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.