# My new favorite scale, Augmented

**URL:** https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-new-favorite-scale-augmented/72181
**Category:** Harmony & Theory
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-new-favorite-scale-augmented/72181 "2023-11-21T01:36:17Z")
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### Author: ![bradejensen](https://forum.troygrady.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bradejensen](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/bradejensen)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-new-favorite-scale-augmented/72181/1 "2023-11-21T01:36:17Z")

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How have I never seen this scale or mentioned of it in not very many places is crazy?!

It appears to basically be the augmented triad but with a overlapping of 3 different harmonic tetrachords. It sounds amazing on synth, the only fingering that I have found on it that you might could blaze through would be the C augmented scale, B C D# E G Ab. To show you what I mean here is it in Ian Ring’s scale finder.

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-20 at 19-22-11 The Exciting Universe Of Music Theory](https://forum.troygrady.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8e7c6a62eccb92d14780454cd4dc023cb45f1320.png)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uqQ4aEeYLes/maxresdefault.jpg "The Secret Scale that Hollywood Composers Use | Music Theory Lesson - OMNI Music Publishing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqQ4aEeYLes)

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### Author: ![joebegly](https://forum.troygrady.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@joebegly](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/joebegly)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-new-favorite-scale-augmented/72181/2 "2023-11-22T12:41:20Z")

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That’s a very cool sound and I loved the video with the composition and film score examples.

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### Author: ![Dissonant\_Timbres](https://forum.troygrady.com/user_avatar/forum.troygrady.com/dissonant_timbres/32/14080_2.png) [@Dissonant\_Timbres](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/Dissonant_Timbres)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-new-favorite-scale-augmented/72181/3 "2023-11-22T18:24:40Z")

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Ah the Neptune scale.

This is the peak of unsettling mystery in scoring though.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4-GcS1UQyg/hqdefault.jpg "The X-Files Opening Credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-GcS1UQyg)

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### Author: ![bradejensen](https://forum.troygrady.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bradejensen](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/bradejensen)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-new-favorite-scale-augmented/72181/4 "2023-11-22T21:29:43Z")

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> [@joebegly](#):
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> That’s a very cool sound and I loved the video with the composition and film score examples.

If you have a synth or piano you got to try this part. You can do it with all minor chords, and also all major chords. Then as its ringing out, play the scale descending from the highest register.

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