SCALE REFERENCE

A Harmonic Minor

A – B – C – D – E – F – G♯1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7

Natural minor with a raised 7th, so the V chord becomes major and pulls strongly home. The gap between b6 and 7 gives it its distinctive colour.

Notes & degrees
A1B2Cb3D4E5Fb6G♯7
NotesA, B, C, D, E, F, G#
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
ABCDEFG♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFG♯ABCDEBBCDEFG♯ABGG♯ABCDEFDDEFG♯ABCDAABCDEFG♯AEEFG♯ABCDE

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

357912AABCDEFG♯AEEFG♯ABCDECCDEFG♯ABCGG♯ABCDEF

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iAmAm(maj7)
ii°BdimBm7♭5
♭III+CaugCmaj7♯5
ivDmDm7
VEE7
♭VIFFmaj7
vii°G♯dimG♯dim7

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

iAmii°Bdim♭III+CaugivDmVE♭VIFvii°G♯dim
Other scales on A

Core scales & modes

A MajorA Natural MinorA Melodic MinorA DorianA PhrygianA LydianA MixolydianA Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

A Major PentatonicA Minor PentatonicA BluesA Major Blues

Jazz & altered

A Harmonic MajorA 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 Minor 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.