C Leading Whole Tone Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Drop B tuning — fretboard diagram
C Leading Whole Tone in Drop B — Notes and Intervals
The C Leading Whole Tone scale is a symmetrical scale that combines the weightless blur of the whole-tone system with a final bit of traditional resolution tension. On Guitar, its notes are C, D, E, F#, G#, Bb, B. It is used to create a sense of floating that eventually finds a home. Commonly used in Impressionist, Film Scores, Jazz. Notable players include Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel. Use as a transition device or over augmented chords that need to resolve. The leading tone provides a gentle gravitational pull absent in pure whole tone.
Notes: C, D, E, F#, G#, Bb, B
Intervals: 1P, 2M, 3M, 4A, 5A, 7m, 7M
Degrees: 1 2 3 #4 #5 b6 7
Formula: W-W-W-W-W-H-H
Number of notes: 7
Tuning: Drop B (C#-G#-E-B-F#-B)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- C Leading Whole Tone in Standard Tuning
- C Leading Whole Tone in Drop D
- C Leading Whole Tone in DADGAD
- C Leading Whole Tone in Open G
- C Leading Whole Tone in Baritone (B Standard)
- C Leading Whole Tone in 7-string
- C Leading Whole Tone in 8-string
- C Leading Whole Tone in Drop C
- C Leading Whole Tone in Open D
- C Leading Whole Tone in Half Step Down
- C Leading Whole Tone in Open E
- C Leading Whole Tone in Open A
- C Leading Whole Tone in Double Drop D
- C Leading Whole Tone in Open C