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A♯ Tritone scale

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.

Learn more about the A♯ Tritone scale

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

1A#A♯Root
2BBMinor 2nd
3DDMajor 3rd
4EEAugmented 4th
5E#E♯Perfect 5th
6G#G♯Minor 7th
StepsH 1½ W H 1½ W
Semitones1-3-2-1-3-2
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Tritone in other keys

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Bb Tritone scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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