SCALE REFERENCE

A Harmonic Major

A – B – C♯ – D – E – F – G♯1 2 3 4 5 b6 7

Major with a flat 6th — a major tonic with a hint of minor-key gravity. The parallel of harmonic minor.

Notes & degrees
A1B2C♯3D4E5Fb6G♯7
NotesA, B, C#, D, E, F, G#
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
ABDEFC♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFG♯ABC♯DEBBC♯DEFG♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEFDDEFG♯ABC♯DAABC♯DEFG♯AEEFG♯ABC♯DE

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABC♯DEFG♯AEEFG♯ABC♯DECC♯DEFG♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IAAmaj7
ii°BdimBm7♭5
iiiC♯mC♯m7
ivDmDm(maj7)
VEE7
♭VI+FaugFmaj7♯5
vii°G♯dimG♯dim7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

IAii°BdimiiiC♯mivDmVE♭VI+Faugvii°G♯dim
Other scales on A

Core scales & modes

A MajorA Natural MinorA Harmonic MinorA Melodic MinorA DorianA PhrygianA LydianA MixolydianA Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

A Major PentatonicA Minor PentatonicA BluesA Major Blues

Jazz & altered

A Phrygian DominantA Lydian DominantA AlteredA Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

A Whole ToneA Diminished (Whole–Half)A Diminished (Half–Whole)A Augmented Scale

World & exotic

A Hungarian MinorA Double Harmonic MajorA Neapolitan Minor
Harmonic Major on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.