Scales
Gb Leading Whole Tone Scale
Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Fb · F
Gb Leading Whole Tone is a scale built on Gb with the notes Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Fb · F.
Gb Leading Whole Tone Scale
Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Fb · F
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 | Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Fb · F · Gb | |
| Left hand | 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 | Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Fb · F · Gb |
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
Gb Leading Whole Tone is made of the notes Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Fb · F. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W W W W W H H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of Gb Leading Whole Tone gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Related scales
The scales Gb Leading Whole Tone shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
Gb Whole ToneGb · Ab · Bb · C · D · E
Every note of this scale is in Gb Leading Whole Tone.
Scales that contain it
Gb Messiaen's Mode #6Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb · C · D · E · F
Contains every note of Gb Leading Whole Tone.
Common questions
- How do I play Gb Leading Whole Tone?
- 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 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of Gb Leading Whole Tone?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of Gb Leading Whole Tone gives Gbaug (I+), Abaug (II+), Bb (III), Cmajb5 (IV), Ddim (v°), Gb7no5/Fb (VI), Fm (vii). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in Gb Leading Whole Tone?
- Gb Leading Whole Tone contains the notes Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Fb · F, measured from the tonic Gb as the intervals 1P, 2M, 3M, 4A, 5A, 7m, 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 Gb Leading Whole Tone?
- From Gb the steps run W W W W W H H, 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.