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E Tritone scale
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About the E Tritone scale

E 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 E Blues Diminished with the third lowered.

Its notes are E, F, G♯, A♯, B, and D. The formula is H 1½ W H 1½ W.

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Two of the notes in E Tritone are black keys, G♯ and A♯.

Notes and intervals

1EERoot
2FFMinor 2nd
3G#G♯Major 3rd
4A#A♯Augmented 4th
5BBPerfect 5th
6DDMinor 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

C Tritone scaleD flat Tritone scaleD Tritone scaleE flat Tritone scaleF Tritone scaleG flat Tritone scaleG Tritone scaleA flat Tritone scaleA Tritone scaleB flat Tritone scaleB Tritone scale

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E Tritone scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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