What are the diatonic chords of A Leading Whole Tone?

The diatonic chords of A Leading Whole Tone are built by harmonizing each degree of the scale in thirds. The scale degrees are 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7 7 and the intervals are W-W-W-W-W-H-H. The triads are: A augmented, B augmented, C# major, D# (1-3-♭5), F diminished, G (1-2-♭5), G# minor.

What is scale harmonization?

Scale harmonization is the process of building chords from each degree of a scale by stacking thirds. Each note of the scale becomes the root of a chord, producing a set of diatonic chords (triads and seventh chords) that naturally belong to that key.

What is Practice Mode in the Scale Harmonizer?

Practice Mode is an interactive study tool that cycles through all diatonic chords with a synchronized fretboard visualization (switch between scale and arpeggio view), adjustable tempo (40–240 BPM), and audio playback. It includes ii-V-I progressions and secondary dominant exercises — the fretboard automatically shows the contextually correct scale for each chord (e.g., Dorian for the ii, Mixolydian for the V7).

A leading whole tone chords

All 5-string banjo chords for the A leading whole tone scale

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A leading whole tone scale diatonic chords

IA aug

IIB aug

IIIC♯ major

IVE♭ (1-3-♭5)

VF dim

VIG (1-2-♭5)

VIIA♭ minor

A leading whole tone scale seventh chords

IA major seventh flat sixth

IIB (1-3-♭6-♭7)

IIIC♯ 7

IVE♭ (1-3-♭5-♭7)

VF m7♭5

VIG (1-2-♭5-♭7)

VIIA♭ mmaj7

A leading whole tone — Banjo scale

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A leading whole tone scale — chords and intervals

Diatonic chords: A augmented, B augmented, C# major, D# (1-3-♭5), F diminished, G (1-2-♭5), G# minor.

Intervals: W-W-W-W-W-H-H.

Use the interactive harmonizer above to explore triads, seventh chords, and chord voicings for composing with the A leading whole tone scale on Banjo.