Guitar scale · exotic
E 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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E 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|-------------------------0-1-4-| B|-----------------------3-------| G|-----------------1-3-4---------| D|-----------0-2-3---------------| A|-------1-2---------------------| E|-0-1-4-------------------------|
e|-------------------------4-6-| B|-------------------3-5-6-----| G|---------------3-4-----------| D|---------2-3-6---------------| A|-----2-5---------------------| E|-4-6-------------------------|
e|-------------------------4-6-7-| B|---------------------5-6-------| G|-----------------4-7-----------| D|-------------6-8---------------| A|-------5-7-8-------------------| E|-4-6-7-------------------------|
e|-----------------------------7-10-| B|------------------------9-11------| G|-----------------7-9-10-----------| D|-------------8-9------------------| A|------7-8-11----------------------| E|-7-10-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------10-12-13-| B|-----------------------------11-12----------| G|---------------------9-10-13----------------| D|----------------9-12------------------------| A|----------11-13-----------------------------| E|-10-12-13-----------------------------------|
How to play E Tritone on guitar
Find the root first: E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every E 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 0–4. 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 | E |
| ♭2 | F |
| 3 | G# |
| ♯4 | A# |
| 5 | B |
| ♭7 | D |
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Questions
- What notes are in the E Tritone Scale?
- The E Tritone Scale has 6 notes: E, F, G#, A#, B, D.
- 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 E Tritone on the guitar?
- The root E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 0–4, and four more positions connect it up the neck.