SCALE REFERENCE

C♯ Natural Minor

C♯ – D♯ – E – F♯ – G♯ – A – B1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

The plain minor scale — the relative minor of a major key, using the same notes from a different home note.

Notes & degrees
C♯1D♯2Eb3F♯4G♯5Ab6Bb7
NotesC#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B
StepsW – H – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledAeolian
Piano
EABC♯D♯F♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EBBC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯D♯EF♯DD♯EF♯G♯ABC♯AABC♯D♯EF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯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.

357912AABC♯D♯EF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯D♯ECC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯D♯EF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iC♯mC♯m7
ii°D♯dimD♯m7♭5
♭IIIEEmaj7
ivF♯mF♯m7
vG♯mG♯m7
♭VIAAmaj7
♭VIIBB7

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

iC♯mii°D♯dim♭IIIEivF♯mvG♯m♭VIA♭VIIB
Common progressions in C♯ minor

i – ♭VII – ♭VI

C♯m – B – A

i – iv – v

C♯m – F♯m – G♯m

i – ♭VI – ♭III – ♭VII

C♯m – A – E – B

Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.

Related keys
Relative majorE majorParallel majorC♯ major
Other scales on C♯

Core scales & modes

C♯ MajorC♯ Harmonic 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
Natural Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭A♯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.