Colour key
R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
G 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 G major: ♭2 A → A♭, ♯4 C → C♯, ♯5 D → D♯, ♯6 E → E♯
- Compared with G natural minor: ♭2 A → A♭, ♯3 B♭ → B, ♯4 C → C♯, ♯5 D → D♯, ♯♯6 E♭ → E♯, ♯7 F → F♯
G 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 G 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 G Enigmatic
- Gmaj7♯51/14easyfret 3· shell
- A♭?(add♯9,?)1/5easyfret 6· adds mode notes
- B61/11mediumfret 2
- C♯7♭51/15easyfret 4
- D♯?1/12easyfret 1
- E♯sus2(♭5)(♯9)1/3mediumfret 3· adds mode notes
- F♯sus21/1mediumfret 4· 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 Gaug 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 G Enigmatic.
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No common guitar shape for this chord in the library.
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Closest shape: leaves out a colour note.
Hover a bubble to see it here; click to hear it and keep it.