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Fig. 1 · Gb harmonic major · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

G♭ harmonic major

G♭1A♭2B♭3C♭4D♭5E♭♭♭6F7

Major with a flattened sixth: the mirror of harmonic minor, and the reason a major key can borrow a minor subdominant.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are F♯ harmonic major.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Gb harmonic major, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

G♭WA♭WB♭HC♭WD♭HE♭♭W+HFHG♭

What is true of it

G♭ harmonic major is G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭♭ and F, and back to G♭.

Its steps are W – W – H – W – H – W+H – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 7 alterations, E♭♭ among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

On the same tonic, G♭ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 28 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

D♭majorD♭7dominant seventhFdimdiminishedG♭majorG♭augaugmentedG♭maj7major seventhA♭dimdiminishedA♭m7♭5half-diminished seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on G♭

G♭ majormajorG♭ natural minorminorG♭ harmonic minorminorG♭ melodic minorminor

C harm majC♯ harm majD♭ harm majD harm majD♯ harm majE♭ harm majE harm majF harm majall 374