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|-------------------------2-5-6-| B|---------------------3-6-------| G|---------------2-3-6-----------| D|-----------3-4-----------------| A|-------4-5---------------------| E|-2-5-6-------------------------|
e|-------------------------5-6-| B|---------------------6-7-----| G|-----------------6-7---------| D|-----------4-7-8-------------| A|-----4-5-8-------------------| E|-5-6-------------------------|
e|----------------------------6-9-10-| B|-----------------------7-10--------| G|----------------6-7-10-------------| D|------------7-8--------------------| A|--------8-9------------------------| E|-6-9-10----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------9-10-13-| B|-----------------------------10-11---------| G|-----------------------10-11---------------| D|-----------------11-12---------------------| A|---------9-12-13---------------------------| E|-9-10-13-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------13-14-| B|-------------------------------14-15-------| G|----------------------11-14-15-------------| D|-------------11-12-15----------------------| A|-------12-13-------------------------------| E|-13-14-------------------------------------|
How to play F# Augmented on guitar
Find the root first: F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 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 2–6. 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.
F# Augmented is also written Gb Augmented: Gb A Bb Db D F. The frets are the same; under that name every note keeps its own letter, with no double sharps or flats.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | F# |
| ♯2 | A |
| 3 | A# |
| 5 | C# |
| ♯5 | D |
| 7 | E# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F# Augmented Scale?
- The F# Augmented Scale has 6 notes: F#, A, A#, C#, D, 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 2 on the low E string and fret 9 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 2–6, and four more positions connect it up the neck.