SCALE REFERENCE

C♯ Melodic Minor

C♯ – D♯ – E – F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B♯1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

Also written D♭ Melodic Minor — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Minor with a raised 6th and 7th — a minor tonic with a major-scale top half. In jazz it is used ascending and descending both.

Notes & degrees
C♯1D♯2Eb3F♯4G♯5A♯6B♯7
NotesC#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B#
StepsW – H – W – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledJazz Minor
Piano
EB♯C♯D♯F♯G♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯A♯B♯C♯D♯EBB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯B♯C♯D♯EF♯DD♯EF♯G♯A♯B♯C♯AA♯B♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯B♯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.

357912AA♯B♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯B♯C♯D♯ECB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯B♯GG♯A♯B♯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)
iiD♯mD♯m7
♭III+EaugEmaj7♯5
IVF♯F♯7
VG♯G♯7
vi°A♯dimA♯m7♭5
vii°B♯dimB♯m7♭5

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

iC♯miiD♯m♭III+EaugIVF♯VG♯vi°A♯dimvii°B♯dim
Other scales on C♯

Core scales & modes

C♯ MajorC♯ Natural MinorC♯ Harmonic 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
Melodic Minor on another root
CC♯D♭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.