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G six tone symmetric Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, G, Ab, B, C, D#, E at frets 0, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12

A string: B, C, D#, E, G, Ab at frets 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11

D string: D#, E, G, Ab, B, C at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10

G string: G, Ab, B, C, D#, E, G at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12

B string: B, C, D#, E, G, Ab, B at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12

High E string: E, G, Ab, B, C, D#, E at frets 0, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12

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G six tone symmetric

The six tone symmetric scale alternates half step and minor 3rd: root, flat 2nd, major 3rd, 4th, sharp 5th, 6th. It is the same interlocking-augmented-triads idea as the augmented scale, started from the other side of the pattern. Its symmetry repeats every major 3rd, giving you instant sequences and a sound that sits between augmented and octatonic.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

G

I

A♭

bII

B

III

C

IV

D♯

#V

E

VI

Same notes, different mode

G six tone symmetric 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.

Ab augmentedC augmentedE augmented

six tone symmetric in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Alternate half step and minor 3rd from G and the pattern closes at the octave; learn it as that two-interval cell, not as scattered notes.
  • It repeats every major 3rd: one fingering, transposed twice, covers all keys before recurring.
  • Arpeggiate the two augmented triads hiding inside it (root, III, #V-as-b6 and b2 (Ab), IV, VI) for instant symmetrical lines.
  • Slide the half-step pairs (root-b2, III-IV, #V-VI) as ornaments; between them the minor 3rd leaps keep lines angular.

How to play G six tone symmetric on guitar

Open G is the tonic, so it drones under everything played higher up. Three more open strings are in the scale, the two E strings at the major sixth and the B at the major third. Roots repeat at fret 3 on the two E strings, plus fret 10 on the A string, which puts an e-shape barre at the third fret. Box one from fret 3 ends at fret 7. B six tone symmetric four semitones up runs the same notes, meaning the fingering moves as a block.

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