About the A sharp Tritone scale
A sharp Tritone is used for jazz and film music that wants a symmetrical, unstable color. Think of it as a symmetrical six-note scale built on the tritone. It is A♯ Blues Diminished with the third lowered.
Its notes are A♯, B, D, E, E♯, and G♯. The formula is H 1½ W H 1½ W.
The black keys A♯ and G♯ belong to A♯ Tritone. Its raised fourth lands on the white key E. The scale lines up four white keys back to back.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | A#A♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | BB | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | DD | Major 3rd |
| 4 | EE | Augmented 4th |
| 5 | E#E♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | G#G♯ | Minor 7th |
| Steps | H 1½ W H 1½ W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 1-3-2-1-3-2 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths