SCALE REFERENCE

C♯ Harmonic Minor

C♯ – D♯ – E – F♯ – G♯ – A – B♯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
C♯1D♯2Eb3F♯4G♯5Ab6B♯7
NotesC#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B#
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
EAB♯C♯D♯F♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯AB♯C♯D♯EBB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯AGG♯AB♯C♯D♯EF♯DD♯EF♯G♯AB♯C♯AAB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯AB♯C♯D♯E

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

357912AAB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯AB♯C♯D♯ECB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯AB♯GG♯AB♯C♯D♯EF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iC♯mC♯m(maj7)
ii°D♯dimD♯m7♭5
♭III+EaugEmaj7♯5
ivF♯mF♯m7
VG♯G♯7
♭VIAAmaj7
vii°B♯dimB♯dim7

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

iC♯mii°D♯dim♭III+EaugivF♯mVG♯♭VIAvii°B♯dim
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.