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Fig. 1 · Gb whole tone · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

G♭ whole tone

G♭1A♭2B♭3C♯4D♯5E♯6

Six notes, every step a whole one. There are only two of these scales in all, and every note can be heard as the tonic.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are F♯ whole tone.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Gb whole tone, 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♭WCWDWEWG♭

What is true of it

G♭ whole tone is G♭, A♭, B♭, C, D and E, and back to G♭.

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

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 26 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CaugaugmentedDaugaugmentedEaugaugmentedG♭augaugmentedA♭augaugmentedB♭augaugmented

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on G♭

G♭ diminished (whole–half)symmetricG♭ diminished (half–whole)symmetricG♭ majormajorG♭ natural minorminorG♭ harmonic minorminor

C w.t.C♯ w.t.D♭ w.t.D w.t.D♯ w.t.E♭ w.t.E w.t.F w.t.all 374