SCALE REFERENCE

C Double Harmonic Major

C – D♭ – E – F – G – A♭ – B1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7

A major 3rd and 7th over a flat 2nd and 6th — the 'Arabic' scale, with augmented 2nds on both sides of the 5th.

Notes & degrees
C1D♭b2E3F4G5A♭b6B7
NotesC, Db, E, F, G, Ab, B
Steps1 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledByzantine, Arabic, Gypsy Major
Piano
CEFGBD♭A♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGA♭BCD♭EBBCD♭EFGA♭BGGA♭BCD♭EFGDEFGA♭BCD♭ABCD♭EFGA♭EEFGA♭BCD♭E

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

357912ABCD♭EFGA♭EEFGA♭BCD♭ECCD♭EFGA♭BCGGA♭BCD♭EFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
ICCmaj7
♭IID♭D♭maj7
iiiEmEmin
ivFmFm(maj7)
VGG?
♭VI+A♭augA♭maj7♯5
VIIBB?

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

IC♭IID♭iiiEmivFmVG♭VI+A♭augVIIB
Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural MinorC Harmonic MinorC Melodic MinorC DorianC PhrygianC LydianC MixolydianC Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C Major PentatonicC Minor PentatonicC BluesC Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Harmonic MajorC Phrygian DominantC Lydian DominantC AlteredC Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C Whole ToneC Diminished (Whole–Half)C Diminished (Half–Whole)C Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C Hungarian MinorC Neapolitan Minor
Double 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.