guitar scale
A♭ major pentatonic
A♭1B♭2C3E♭5F6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♯ major pentatonic.
Written out
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
A♭WB♭WCW+HE♭WFW+HA♭
What is true of it
A♭ major pentatonic is A♭, B♭, C, E♭ and F, and back to A♭.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on A♭
A♭ minor pentatonicpentatonicA♭ bluespentatonicA♭ major bluespentatonicA♭ majormajorA♭ natural minorminorA♭ harmonic minorminor
C maj pentC♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentall 374