Guitar scale · exotic
F# Tritone Scale
Six-note scale 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7. It is made of two major triads a tritone apart.
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F# Tritone 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|-------------------------2-3-6-| B|-----------------------5-------| G|-----------------3-5-6---------| D|-----------2-4-5---------------| A|-------3-4---------------------| E|-2-3-6-------------------------|
e|-------------------------6-8-| B|-------------------5-7-8-----| G|---------------5-6-----------| D|---------4-5-8---------------| A|-----4-7---------------------| E|-6-8-------------------------|
e|---------------------------6-8-9-| B|-----------------------7-8-------| G|-------------------6-9-----------| D|--------------8-10---------------| A|-------7-9-10--------------------| E|-6-8-9---------------------------|
e|----------------------------------9-12-| B|----------------------------11-13------| G|--------------------9-11-12------------| D|--------------10-11--------------------| A|------9-10-13--------------------------| E|-9-12----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------12-14-15-| B|-------------------------------13-14----------| G|----------------------11-12-15----------------| D|----------------11-14-------------------------| A|----------13-15-------------------------------| E|-12-14-15-------------------------------------|
How to play F# Tritone 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.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | F# |
| ♭2 | G |
| 3 | A# |
| ♯4 | B# |
| 5 | C# |
| ♭7 | E |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F# Tritone Scale?
- The F# Tritone Scale has 6 notes: F#, G, A#, B#, C#, E.
- What is the formula of the tritone scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7, which is the step pattern H W+H W H W+H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play F# Tritone 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.