Guitar scale companion
Learn the Ab Whole Tone scale on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every Ab Whole Tone Scale note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
These root-anchored reference windows organize the scale without claiming a traditional CAGED parent.
Ab Whole Tone uses a root-anchored G reference window; the pattern is symmetrical rather than a traditional CAGED mode.
G shape tab (0-4) e |-0-----2-----4| B |----1-----3---| G |----1-----3---| D |-0-----2-----4| A |----1-----3---| E |-0-----2-----4|
Ab Whole Tone uses a root-anchored E reference window; the pattern is symmetrical rather than a traditional CAGED mode.
E shape tab (3-8) e |----4-----6-----8| B |-3-----5-----7---| G |-3-----5-----7---| D |----4-----6-----8| A |-3-----5-----7---| E |----4-----6-----8|
Ab Whole Tone uses a root-anchored D reference window; the pattern is symmetrical rather than a traditional CAGED mode.
D shape tab (5-9) e |----6-----8---| B |-5-----7-----9| G |-5-----7-----9| D |----6-----8---| A |-5-----7-----9| E |----6-----8---|
Ab Whole Tone uses a root-anchored C reference window; the pattern is symmetrical rather than a traditional CAGED mode.
C shape tab (9-13) e |---10---------| B |-9----11------| G |-9----11------| D |---10---------| A |-9----11------| E |---10---------|
Ab Whole Tone uses a root-anchored A reference window; the pattern is symmetrical rather than a traditional CAGED mode.
A shape tab (10-15) e |10----12----14---| B |---11----13----15| G |---11----13----15| D |10----12----14---| A |---11----13----15| E |10----12----14---|