You’ll note that the flats are notated with what looks like a lowercase “b.” That is called a flat sign and even though, musically, the sign is always located in front (to the left of) the note, it will be spoken the opposite way, as in “ A flat” or “ B flat.” Now here’s what the A flat major scale looks like written for the treble and bass clef (right and left hand): It will still sound like the “do, re, mi” pattern that you may have learned as a child. Take heart though, all of those flats won’t change the way a major scale sounds. As stated before, the key of A flat contains four notes ( B, E, A, and D) that are “flat”, or lowered by one semi-tone. The root of a scale gives the scale its name, so the root of the A flat major scale is A flat. In music, a “major” key is a key with a major third distance between the first note – the “ root” note – and the third, creating music that carries a “happy” sound to our ears. There’s quite a bit more vocabulary to unpack, so we will do so now. An A flat major scale is one such scale set in the tonality of A flat major, a major key containing four flats. Now a musical “scale” is a graduated sequence of notes dividing an “octave”, or set of eight notes. A Flat Major Scale – Left Hand Fingeringīefore we can dive into how you can play A flat major scale, it’s best we first quickly cover the concept behind scales and why they’re important.A Flat Major Scale – Right Hand Fingering.Gb Major Blues – This scale is particularly useful in a Blues context.Gb Lydian mode – This scale can be used over the Gb chord in certain contexts to add a jazz flavour.Gb Major scale – This is the ‘default scale’ of the Gb chord.Eb Major pentatonic scale – This scale will almost always work over the Gb Major chord, in any context.The most common and effective scales that can be used to solo/improvise over the Gb Major chord, or to create melodies for the purposes of song writing are: Which Scales Can Be Played Over the Gb chord? The Gb chord can also be used itself as a substitute for more complicated chords, such as the Gb Major 7 chord, the Eb7 chord, and other extension chords which have Gb as the root note (it can’t be used in place of minor chords though!). The Gb chord can often be substituted with the Gb sus 4 chord, the Gb sus 2 chord and the Gb add 9 chord.
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