Guitar scale · exotic
C# Tritone Scale
Six-note scale 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7. It is made of two major triads a tritone apart.
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C# Tritone 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|-----------------------------------9-10-13-| B|--------------------------------12---------| G|-----------------------10-12-13------------| D|---------------9-11-12---------------------| A|---------10-11-----------------------------| E|-9-10-13-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------13-15-| B|----------------------------12-14-15-------| G|----------------------12-13----------------| D|-------------11-12-15----------------------| A|-------11-14-------------------------------| E|-13-15-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------13-15-16-| B|-------------------------------14-15----------| G|-------------------------13-16----------------| D|-------------------15-17----------------------| A|----------14-16-17----------------------------| E|-13-15-16-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------16-19-| B|-------------------------------18-20-------| G|----------------------16-18-19-------------| D|----------------17-18----------------------| A|-------16-17-20----------------------------| E|-16-19-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------19-21-22-| B|-------------------------------20-21----------| G|----------------------18-19-22----------------| D|----------------18-21-------------------------| A|----------20-22-------------------------------| E|-19-21-22-------------------------------------|
How to play C# Tritone on guitar
Find the root first: C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 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 9–13. 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# |
| ♯4 | G |
| 5 | G# |
| ♭7 | B |
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Questions
- What notes are in the C# Tritone Scale?
- The C# Tritone Scale has 6 notes: C#, D, E#, G, G#, B.
- What is the formula of the tritone scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7, which is the step pattern H W+H W H W+H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play C# Tritone on the guitar?
- The root C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 9–13, and four more positions connect it up the neck.