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D♭ augmented Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, Ab, A, C, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12

A string: A, C, Db, E, F, Ab, A at frets 0, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12

D string: E, F, Ab, A, C, Db at frets 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11

G string: Ab, A, C, Db, E, F at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10

B string: C, Db, E, F, Ab, A at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10

High E string: E, F, Ab, A, C, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12

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Db augmented

The augmented scale is a six note symmetrical scale alternating minor 3rd and half step: root, sharp 2nd, major 3rd, 5th, sharp 5th, major 7th. It interlocks two augmented triads a half step apart, repeating its pattern every major 3rd. Jazz players run it over maj7#5 chords; its symmetry means one fingering transposes around the neck in major-3rd jumps.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

D♭

I

E

#II

F

III

A♭

V

A

#V

C

VII

Same notes, different mode

Db augmented uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

E six tone symmetricAb six tone symmetricC six tone symmetric

augmented in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • The Db augmented scale interlocks two augmented triads: arpeggiate them separately (root, III, #V (A) and #II (E), V, VII) to see its skeleton.
  • Use it over maj7#5 chords; the major 7th (C) and raised 5th (A) are both scale tones, which almost no other scale offers.
  • Its symmetry repeats every major 3rd (four frets), so one fingering transposes twice before it recurs at the octave.
  • Slide between the half-step pairs (#II (E) to III, V to #V (A), VII to root) for lines that shimmer without sounding chromatic.

How to play D♭ augmented on guitar

Capo fret 1 turns every C augmented shape you already know into this key, so the transfer costs one clamp and nothing else. Root positions read 9 on the low E, 4 on the A, 2 on the B. Open E strings sit an augmented second above the root and the open A an augmented fifth, which means no drone holds up here. Fretted work leaves the first box at fret 13.

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