SCALE REFERENCE

C♯ Bebop Dominant

C♯ – D♯ – E♯ – F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B – B♯1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7

Also written D♭ Bebop Dominant — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Mixolydian with a chromatic passing note between the b7 and the root — the extra note keeps chord tones landing on the beat in a running eighth-note line.

Notes & degrees

C♯1D♯2E♯3F♯4G♯5A♯6Bb7B♯7

Notes	C#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, B, B#
Steps	W – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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.

Other scales on C♯

Core scales & modes

C♯ Major C♯ Natural Minor C♯ Harmonic Minor C♯ Melodic Minor C♯ Dorian C♯ Phrygian C♯ Lydian C♯ Mixolydian C♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C♯ Major Pentatonic C♯ Minor Pentatonic C♯ Blues C♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C♯ Harmonic Major C♯ Phrygian Dominant C♯ Lydian Dominant C♯ Altered

Symmetric

C♯ Whole Tone C♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)C♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)C♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C♯ Hungarian Minor C♯ Double Harmonic Major C♯ Neapolitan Minor

Bebop Dominant on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭E F F♯G♭G A♭A B♭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.