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G♯ Synthetic scale

About the G sharp Synthetic scale

G sharp Synthetic is used for experimental and cinematic writing. Think of it as a made-up six-note scale with a raised fourth and a flat sixth. It is G Whole Tone with the seventh raised.

Its notes are G, A, B, D, E, and G. The formula is W W W W 1½ H. It is the sixth mode of A Prometheus.

G Synthetic uses two black keys on the piano, G and A. Its raised fourth lands on the white key D. The key lines up four white keys back to back.

Notes and intervals

1G#G♯Root
2A#A♯Major 2nd
3B#B♯Major 3rd
4DDAugmented 4th
5EEMinor 6th
6GGMajor 7th
StepsW W W W 1½ H
Semitones2-2-2-2-3-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 6 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

Synthetic in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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