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B♭ Prometheus scale

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About the B flat Prometheus scale

B flat Prometheus is the mystic chord of Scriabin turned into a scale, a raised fourth with no fifth. It's used for impressionist and mystical concert music.

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Positions

Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.

6-position system

6 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.

Position 1open
Position 2fr 3
Position 3fr 4
Position 4fr 6
Position 5fr 8
Position 6fr 10

Notes and intervals

1 B flat Root
2 C Major 2nd
3 D Major 3rd
4 E Augmented 4th
5 G Major 6th
6 G sharp Augmented 6th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Related scales

Prometheus in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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