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E Ionian Augmented scale

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About the E Ionian Augmented scale

E Ionian Augmented is used for jazz reharmonization and cinematic writing. It's the major scale with a raised fifth, bright but slightly unhinged.

Positions

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

CAGED

Five shapes, each anchored to a chord form you already know, the pop and rock default that ties your scales to your chords. The outlined notes are that chord, so you can see the C, A, G, E, and D shapes inside the scale.

E shapeopen
D shapefr 1
C shapefr 4
A shapefr 6
G shapefr 9
3NPS

3NPS stands for 3 notes per string. It lays the scale out in seven even shapes for rock and metal lead, and favors speed because the picking pattern stays consistent across every string.

Shape 1open
Shape 2fr 2
Shape 3fr 4
Shape 4fr 5
Shape 5fr 7
Shape 6fr 9
Shape 7fr 11
7-position system

7 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 2
Position 3fr 4
Position 4fr 5
Position 5fr 8
Position 6fr 9
Position 7fr 11

Chords in the key of E Ionian Augmented

Expand a chord to see how to play it.

I+ E augmented
5fr 7fr 9fr

(1st inversion)

ii F sharp minor
4fr 5fr 9fr

(1st inversion)

III G sharp
4fr 6fr 8fr

(1st inversion)

IV A
2fr 5fr 7fr

(1st inversion)

B sharp diminished

No stored guitar shape for this voicing.

(1st inversion)

vi C sharp minor
4fr 6fr 9fr

(1st inversion)

vii° D sharp diminished
4fr 6fr 9fr

(1st inversion)

Seventh chords in E Ionian Augmented

The four-note version of each chord, richer and jazzier.

I+ E major seven sharp five
4fr 7fr 9fr

ii F sharp minor seven
4fr 9fr 10fr

III G sharp seven
4fr 6fr 11fr

IV A major seven
5fr 7fr

B sharp diminished seven

No stored guitar shape for this voicing.

vi C sharp minor major seven
4fr 9fr 11fr

vii° D sharp minor seven flat five
6fr 7fr 10fr

Notes and intervals

1 E Root
2 F sharp Major 2nd
3 G sharp Major 3rd
4 A Perfect 4th
5 B sharp Augmented 5th
6 C sharp Major 6th
7 D sharp Major 7th

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

Ionian Augmented in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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