Scales
A Spanish Heptatonic Scale
A · Bb · C · C# · D · E · F · G
A Spanish Heptatonic is a scale built on A with the notes A · Bb · C · C# · D · E · F · G.
A Spanish Heptatonic Scale
A · Bb · C · C# · D · E · F · G
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 | A · Bb · C · C# · D · E · F · G · A | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 | A · Bb · C · C# · D · E · F · G · A |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
A Spanish Heptatonic is made of the notes A · Bb · C · C# · D · E · F · G. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W H H W H W W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Related scales
A Spanish Heptatonic is a selection of notes from larger scales rather than a seven-note scale of its own, so it has no chords of its own: it takes them from the scales that contain it, listed here with the scales it contains and its related keys.
Scales inside it
A PhrygianA · Bb · C · D · E · F · G
Every note of this scale is in A Spanish Heptatonic.
A Mixolydian PentatonicA · C# · D · E · G
Every note of this scale is in A Spanish Heptatonic.
A Vietnamese 1A · C · D · E · F
Every note of this scale is in A Spanish Heptatonic.
A PelogA · Bb · C · E · F
Every note of this scale is in A Spanish Heptatonic.
A KumoijoshiA · Bb · D · E · F
Every note of this scale is in A Spanish Heptatonic.
A In-senA · Bb · D · E · G
Every note of this scale is in A Spanish Heptatonic.
Scales that contain it
A ChromaticA · Bb · B · C · C# · D · Eb · E · F · F# · G · G#
Contains every note of A Spanish Heptatonic.
Common questions
- How do I play A Spanish Heptatonic?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What notes are in A Spanish Heptatonic?
- A Spanish Heptatonic contains the notes A · Bb · C · C# · D · E · F · G, measured from the tonic A as the intervals 1P, 2m, 3m, 3M, 4P, 5P, 6m, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of A Spanish Heptatonic?
- From A the steps run H W H H W H W W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.