SCALE REFERENCE

E Harmonic Minor

E – F♯ – G – A – B – C – D♯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
E1F♯2Gb3A4B5Cb6D♯7
NotesE, F#, G, A, B, C, D#
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
EGABCF♯D♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GABCD♯EBBCD♯EF♯GABGGABCD♯EF♯GDD♯EF♯GABCAABCD♯EF♯GAEEF♯GABCD♯E

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

357912AABCD♯EF♯GAEEF♯GABCD♯ECCD♯EF♯GABCGGABCD♯EF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iEmEm(maj7)
ii°F♯dimF♯m7♭5
♭III+GaugGmaj7♯5
ivAmAm7
VBB7
♭VICCmaj7
vii°D♯dimD♯dim7

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

iEmii°F♯dim♭III+GaugivAmVB♭VICvii°D♯dim
Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Natural MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE PhrygianE LydianE MixolydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE BluesE Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Phrygian DominantE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE Double Harmonic MajorE 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.