Gb Aeolian b5 on Guitar

Play the Gb aeolian b5 scale

Use the step menu in the player to switch between the single-string run and the box shapes.

Notes of the Gb aeolian b5 scale

Structure

Gb aeolian b5 scale notes:

Gb Ab Bbb Cb Dbb Ebb Fb

How the aeolian b5 scale is built:

The aeolian b5 scale is built from the degrees 1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7, which gives the step pattern W-H-W-H-W-W-W (W = whole step, H = half step).

Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10. That makes it a 7-note scale.

It is mode 6 of the Melodic Minor Scale, so both scales share the same notes from a different starting point.

It is also known as Locrian #2 and Half-Diminished Scale.

Gb Aeolian b5 Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

On one string (low E)

Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 5

3 notes per string — position 1

3 notes per string — position 2

3 notes per string — position 3

3 notes per string — position 4

3 notes per string — position 5

Chords in the Gb aeolian b5 scale

Stacking thirds on each degree of the scale gives these chords.

Related modes

These scales share the same notes as the aeolian b5 scale, starting from a different degree.

The aeolian b5 scale in other keys

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