Guitar scale · exotic
G 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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G 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|-------------------------3-4-7-| B|-----------------------6-------| G|-----------------4-6-7---------| D|-----------3-5-6---------------| A|-------4-5---------------------| E|-3-4-7-------------------------|
e|-------------------------7-9-| B|-------------------6-8-9-----| G|---------------6-7-----------| D|---------5-6-9---------------| A|-----5-8---------------------| E|-7-9-------------------------|
e|------------------------------7-9-10-| B|--------------------------8-9--------| G|---------------------7-10------------| D|----------------9-11-----------------| A|--------8-10-11----------------------| E|-7-9-10------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------10-13-| B|-------------------------------12-14-------| G|----------------------10-12-13-------------| D|----------------11-12----------------------| A|-------10-11-14----------------------------| E|-10-13-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------13-15-16-| B|-------------------------------14-15----------| G|----------------------12-13-16----------------| D|----------------12-15-------------------------| A|----------14-16-------------------------------| E|-13-15-16-------------------------------------|
How to play G Tritone on guitar
Find the root first: G is at fret 3 on the low E string and fret 10 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every G 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 3–7. 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 | G |
| ♭2 | Ab |
| 3 | B |
| ♯4 | C# |
| 5 | D |
| ♭7 | F |
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Questions
- What notes are in the G Tritone Scale?
- The G Tritone Scale has 6 notes: G, Ab, B, C#, D, F.
- 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 G Tritone on the guitar?
- The root G is at fret 3 on the low E string and fret 10 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 3–7, and four more positions connect it up the neck.