Guitar scale · augmented hexatonic
C Augmented Scale
Six-note symmetrical scale that alternates a minor 3rd and a half step: 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7. It holds two augmented triads.
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C Augmented 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|--------------------------------8-11-12-| B|---------------------------9-12---------| G|--------------------8-9-12--------------| D|---------------9-10---------------------| A|---------10-11--------------------------| E|-8-11-12--------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------11-12-| B|-------------------------------12-13-------| G|-------------------------12-13-------------| D|----------------10-13-14-------------------| A|-------10-11-14----------------------------| E|-11-12-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------12-15-16-| B|-------------------------------13-16----------| G|----------------------12-13-16----------------| D|----------------13-14-------------------------| A|----------14-15-------------------------------| E|-12-15-16-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------15-16-19-| B|-------------------------------16-17----------| G|-------------------------16-17----------------| D|-------------------17-18----------------------| A|----------15-18-19----------------------------| E|-15-16-19-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------19-20-| B|-------------------------------20-21-------| G|----------------------17-20-21-------------| D|-------------17-18-21----------------------| A|-------18-19-------------------------------| E|-19-20-------------------------------------|
How to play C Augmented on guitar
Find the root first: C is at fret 8 on the low E string and fret 3 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every C 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 8–12. 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 | C |
| ♯2 | D# |
| 3 | E |
| 5 | G |
| ♯5 | G# |
| 7 | B |
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Questions
- What notes are in the C Augmented Scale?
- The C Augmented Scale has 6 notes: C, D#, E, G, G#, B.
- What is the formula of the augmented scale?
- 1 ♯2 3 5 ♯5 7, which is the step pattern W+H H W+H H W+H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play C Augmented on the guitar?
- The root C is at fret 8 on the low E string and fret 3 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 8–12, and four more positions connect it up the neck.