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G♭ Tritone scale

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About the G flat Tritone scale

G flat Tritone is a symmetrical six-note scale built on the tritone. It's used for jazz and film music that wants a symmetrical, unstable color.

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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. This scale is symmetric, so the same box shape repeats up the neck.

Position 1open
Position 2fr 2
Position 3fr 3
Position 4fr 6
Position 5fr 8
Position 6fr 9

Notes and intervals

1 G flat Root
2 G Minor 2nd
3 B flat Major 3rd
4 C Augmented 4th
5 D flat Perfect 5th
6 F flat Minor 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

Tritone in other keys

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