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Symmetrical

C Whole Tone

NOTES
C D E Fā™Æ Gā™Æ Aā™Æ C
SCALE FORMULA
1 ā€“ 2 ā€“ 3 ā€“ ā™Æ4 ā€“ ā™Æ5 ā€“ ā™­7
ABOUT THIS SCALE

Built entirely from whole steps. The scale has a floating, unresolved quality and works well over augmented dominant sounds.

GUITAR FRETBOARD

C Whole Tone

Standard tuning ā€” E A D G B E ā€” open through fret 24.

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Playback: The scale follows a practical two-octave route across nearby strings and frets. The note currently sounding turns bright white.
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Chord progression ideas

Key of C

Whole-Tone Dominant

I7ā™Æ5 ā€“ II7ā™Æ5 ā€“ I7ā™Æ5
C7ā™Æ5 ā†’ D7ā™Æ5 ā†’ C7ā™Æ5

Augmented dominant chords naturally match the symmetrical whole-tone collection.

Augmented Vamp

I+ ā€“ III+ ā€“ I+
C+ ā†’ E+ ā†’ C+

Because the scale is symmetrical, augmented harmony can shift freely while retaining the same floating quality.