C Enigmatic Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Half Step Down tuning — fretboard diagram
C Enigmatic in Half Step Down — Notes and Intervals
The C Enigmatic scale was invented as a musical puzzle and famously used by Giuseppe Verdi. On Guitar, the notes are C, Db, E, Gb, Ab, Bb, B. It has an unstable and surreal sound because it lacks the traditional fourth and fifth degrees, creating a gliding effect that challenges the listener's expectations. Commonly used in Classical, Experimental, Film Scores. Notable players include Giuseppe Verdi, Igor Stravinsky. Not chord-specific — this is a melodic scale for creating surreal, non-functional passages. Use over sustained pedal tones or atonal contexts.
Notes: C, Db, E, Gb, Ab, Bb, B
Intervals: 1P, 2m, 3M, 5d, 6m, 7m, 7M
Degrees: 1 b2 3 4 b5 b6 7
Formula: H-WH-W-W-W-H-H
Number of notes: 7
Tuning: Half Step Down (Eb-Bb-Gb-Db-Ab-Eb)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- C Enigmatic in Standard Tuning
- C Enigmatic in Drop D
- C Enigmatic in DADGAD
- C Enigmatic in Open G
- C Enigmatic in Baritone (B Standard)
- C Enigmatic in 7-string
- C Enigmatic in 8-string
- C Enigmatic in Drop C
- C Enigmatic in Drop B
- C Enigmatic in Open D
- C Enigmatic in Open E
- C Enigmatic in Open A
- C Enigmatic in Double Drop D
- C Enigmatic in Open C