SCALE REFERENCE

C Harmonic Minor

C – D – E♭ – F – G – A♭ – B1 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
C1D2E♭b3F4G5A♭b6B7
NotesC, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, B
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
CDFGBE♭A♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭BCDE♭BBCDE♭FGA♭BGGA♭BCDE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭BCDABCDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭BCDE♭

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

357912ABCDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭BCDE♭CCDE♭FGA♭BCGGA♭BCDE♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iCmCm(maj7)
ii°DdimDm7♭5
♭III+E♭augE♭maj7♯5
ivFmFm7
VGG7
♭VIA♭A♭maj7
vii°BdimBdim7

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

iCmii°Ddim♭III+E♭augivFmVG♭VIA♭vii°Bdim
Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural 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 Double Harmonic MajorC 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.