Every tension a dominant chord can take — b9, #9, b5 and #5. The go-to scale over an altered dominant resolving to a minor chord. The 7th mode of melodic minor.
| Notes | C#, D, E, F, G, A, B |
|---|---|
| Steps | H – W – H – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half) |
| Also called | Super Locrian, Diminished Whole Tone |
Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.
The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i° | C♯dim | C♯m7♭5 |
| ♭ii | Dm | Dm(maj7) |
| ♭iii | Em | Em7 |
| ♭IV+ | Faug | Fmaj7♯5 |
| ♭V | G | G7 |
| ♭VI | A | A7 |
| ♭vii° | Bdim | Bm7♭5 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
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.