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|-------------------------1-2-5-| B|-----------------------4-------| G|-----------------2-4-5---------| D|-----------1-3-4---------------| A|-------2-3---------------------| E|-1-2-5-------------------------|
e|-------------------------5-7-| B|-------------------4-6-7-----| G|---------------4-5-----------| D|---------3-4-7---------------| A|-----3-6---------------------| E|-5-7-------------------------|
e|-------------------------5-7-8-| B|---------------------6-7-------| G|-----------------5-8-----------| D|-------------7-9---------------| A|-------6-8-9-------------------| E|-5-7-8-------------------------|
e|--------------------------------8-11-| B|--------------------------10-12------| G|------------------8-10-11------------| D|-------------9-10--------------------| A|------8-9-12-------------------------| E|-8-11--------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------11-13-14-| B|-------------------------------12-13----------| G|----------------------10-11-14----------------| D|----------------10-13-------------------------| A|----------12-14-------------------------------| E|-11-13-14-------------------------------------|
How to play F Tritone 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 | Gb |
| 3 | A |
| ♯4 | B |
| 5 | C |
| ♭7 | Eb |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Tritone Scale?
- The F Tritone Scale has 6 notes: F, Gb, A, B, C, Eb.
- 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 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.