Colour key
R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
B♭ 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 B♭ major: ♭2 C → C♭, ♯4 E♭ → E, ♯5 F → F♯, ♯6 G → G♯
- Compared with B♭ natural minor: ♭2 C → C♭, ♯3 D♭ → D, ♯4 E♭ → E, ♯5 F → F♯, ♯♯6 G♭ → G♯, ♯7 A♭ → A
B♭ 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 B♭ 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 B♭ Enigmatic
- B♭maj7♯51/14easyfret 6· shell
- C♭?(add♯9,?)1/5easyfret 9· adds mode notes
- D61/12mediumfret 5
- E7♭51/17easyfret 7
- F♯?1/12easyfret 2· shell
- G♯sus2(♭5)(♯9)1/3mediumfret 4· adds mode notes
- Asus21/2easyopen· 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 B♭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 B♭ 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.