What scale is this?

Chris Johnston said:

Looking at the red notes it and playing through them, it seems to me like you're accessing a Bb Augmented arpeggio from a half step below each note, so you could definitely use it over a Bb Augmented, Bb Major chord, Bb5 chord, Bb altered dominant etc

For the notes on the right hand side, they are essentially the same pattern a Major 3rd Higher, so a D Augmented arpeggio with half step approach notes

The best part is that Augmented triads are built in Major 3rds so you could view it as being all Bb Aug or all D Augmented (this is because Bb, D & F# Augmented Arpeggios share all the same notes (Bb, D & F#)

So you can continue moving the pattern up another Major 3rd to get an F# Augmented arpeggio with half step approach notes

So basically, I'm seeing it less like a scale and more like an Arpeggio with each note being accessed from a half step below

Hope this helps!

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Chris Johnston said:

Yeah that's right

So if you're starting it on C (assuming that's the half step lead in) then that would lead you into C#/Db Augmented with the notes: Db F A.

Because the Arpeggio is symmetrical, any note can be considered the root, so F Augmented works perfectly

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