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Fig. 1 · G whole tone on the keyboard

piano scale

G whole tone

G1A2B3C♯♯4D♯♯5E♯♯6

Six notes, every step a whole one. There are only two of these scales in all, and every note can be heard as the tonic.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · G whole tone, ascending

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

GWAWBWC♯WD♯WE♯WG

What is true of it

G whole tone is G, A, B, C♯, D♯ and E♯, and back to G.

Its steps are W – W – W – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯augaugmentedD♯augaugmentedGaugaugmentedAaugaugmentedBaugaugmented

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on G

G diminished (whole–half)symmetricG diminished (half–whole)symmetricG majormajorG natural minorminorG harmonic minorminor

C w.t.C♯ w.t.D♭ w.t.D w.t.D♯ w.t.E♭ w.t.E w.t.F w.t.all 374