Db Augmented Scale Explained

Db, Fb, F, Ab, A and C make up the Db augmented scale. The pitches match C# augmented exactly, since Fb is an E. Pick whichever name your chart uses: the root stays on the 9th fret of the low E string and the 4th fret of the A string.

Play the Db augmented scale

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

Notes of the Db augmented scale

NoteDegreeIntervalSemitones from root
Db1Root0
Fbb3Minor 3rd3
F3Major 3rd4
Ab5Perfect 5th7
A#5Minor 6th8
C7Major 7th11

Structure

Db augmented scale notes:

Db Fb F Ab A C

How the augmented scale is built:

The augmented scale is built from the degrees 1 b3 3 5 #5 7, which gives the step pattern W+H-H-W+H-H-W+H-H (W = whole step, H = half step).

Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11. That makes it a 6-note scale.

Db Augmented Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

Db Augmented Scale scale guitar pattern - On one string (B)

On one string (B)

Db Augmented Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 1

Db Augmented Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 2

Db Augmented Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 3

Db Augmented Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 4

Db Augmented Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 5

Box pattern — position 5

Db Augmented Scale scale guitar pattern - 3 notes per string — position 1

3 notes per string — position 1

The augmented scale in other keys

C C# Db D D# Eb E F F# Gb G G# Ab A A# Bb B

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Giancarlo Facoetti, founder of FaChords Guitar

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Giancarlo is a musician (teaching guitar since 2000), software engineer, AI consultant and published researcher