Enigmatic Ascending scale
Verdi lent his name to this scale after it was printed as a puzzle in an Italian music journal, and the catalog carries it as the Enigmatic Scale for that reason.
- Used for
- Experimental and dramatic concert writing.
- Formula
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Steps H 1½ W W W H H Semitones 1-3-2-2-2-1-1 Degrees 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 - Also called
- Verdi's Enigmatic Scale.
Enigmatic Ascending in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- D D Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- E E Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- F F Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- G G Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- A A Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar
- B B Enigmatic Ascending scale piano guitar