Colour key
R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
A♭ Enigmatic
♭2, 3, then ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 rising whole steps to 7. Puzzling and unresolved (Verdi's scala enigmatica).
Where you hear it: Melodic colour over a drone rather than chords.
Step pattern H – W+H – W – W – W – H – H
- Compared with A♭ major: ♭2 B♭ → B♭♭, ♯4 D♭ → D, ♯5 E♭ → E, ♯6 F → F♯
- Compared with A♭ natural minor: ♭2 B♭ → B♭♭, ♯3 C♭ → C, ♯4 D♭ → D, ♯5 E♭ → E, ♯♯6 F♭ → F♯, ♯7 G♭ → G
A♭ Enigmatic on the guitar
Pick a position below to outline it on the neck.
in the pentatonic r ♭2 3 ♯5 ♯6: playedother notes of Enigmatic: not playedPlay runs up the position from its lowest note and back down; Sample melody plays a short tune using only its notes. Tap a position's name to see it on the neck.
Modes with the same notes as A♭ Enigmatic
Enigmatic is a scale of its own, not a mode of the major, harmonic minor or melodic minor scale, so no named mode shares its notes.
Every chord in A♭ Enigmatic
- A♭maj7♯51/14easyfret 4· shell
- B♭♭?(add♯9,?)1/5easyfret 7· adds mode notes
- C61/13mediumfret 3
- D7♭51/17easyfret 5
- E?1/12easyfret 2
- F♯sus2(♭5)(♯9)1/3mediumfret 4· adds mode notes
- Gsus21/1mediumfret 5· smaller chord, also fits
Each chord stacks every other note of the scale (root, 3rd, 5th, 7th). Tap a row to hear it.
Sus and extension chords from each chord
From A♭aug you can go through the 2nd of the scale to sus2 and 9 chords, through the 4th to sus4 and 11, and so on. All seven chords of A♭ Enigmatic.
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No common guitar shape for this chord in the library.
Hover a bubble to see it here; click to hear it and keep it.
Closest shape: leaves out a colour note.
Hover a bubble to see it here; click to hear it and keep it.