A♭ Chromatic Scale
The A♭ Chromatic scale contains 12 notes: A♭, A, B♭, B, C, D♭, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G.
A♭ Chromatic scale on the piano
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- Scale type
- Chromatic
- Number of notes
- 12
- Formel
- H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H
What is the Chromatic scale?
The chromatic scale contains all twelve notes of Western music, each a half step apart. It is not a key of its own but the raw material every other scale is drawn from, and it is used for passing tones and for technique practice.
A♭ Chromatic is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of A♭ Chromatic
| Trinn | Note | Intervall | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A♭ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | A | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | B♭ | M2 | 2 |
| 4 | B | m3 | 3 |
| 5 | C | M3 | 4 |
| 6 | D♭ | P4 | 5 |
| 7 | D | TT | 6 |
| 8 | E♭ | P5 | 7 |
| 9 | E | m6 | 8 |
| 10 | F | M6 | 9 |
| 11 | G♭ | m7 | 10 |
| 12 | G | M7 | 11 |
Other scales on A♭
Every scale type that starts on A♭, for comparison.
- A♭ major
- A♭ Dorian
- A♭ Phrygian
- A♭ Lydian
- A♭ Mixolydian
- A♭ Locrian
- A♭ Harmonic Minor
- A♭ Melodic Minor
- A♭ Harmonic Major
- A♭ Hungarian Minor
- A♭ Phrygian Dominant
- A♭ Lydian Dominant
- A♭ Major Pentatonic
- A♭ Minor Pentatonic
- A♭ Blues
- A♭ Whole Tone
- A♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- A♭ Whole-Half Diminished
- A♭ Bebop Dominant
- A♭ Bebop Major
Chromatic in every key
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What notes are in the A♭ Chromatic scale?
The A♭ Chromatic scale has 12 notes: A♭, A, B♭, B, C, D♭, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G.
What is the formula for the A♭ Chromatic scale?
The A♭ Chromatic scale follows the step pattern H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
