SCALE REFERENCE

F Harmonic Major

F – G – A – B♭ – C – D♭ – E1 2 3 4 5 b6 7

Major with a flat 6th — a major tonic with a hint of minor-key gravity. The parallel of harmonic minor.

Notes & degrees
F1G2A3B♭4C5D♭b6E7
NotesF, G, A, Bb, C, Db, E
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
FGACEB♭D♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGAB♭CD♭EBCD♭EFGAB♭GGAB♭CD♭EFGDEFGAB♭CD♭AAB♭CD♭EFGAEEFGAB♭CD♭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♭CD♭EFGAEEFGAB♭CD♭ECCD♭EFGAB♭CGGAB♭CD♭EFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IFFmaj7
ii°GdimGm7♭5
iiiAmAm7
ivB♭mB♭m(maj7)
VCC7
♭VI+D♭augD♭maj7♯5
vii°EdimEdim7

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

IFii°GdimiiiAmivB♭mVC♭VI+D♭augvii°Edim
Other scales on F

Core scales & modes

F MajorF Natural MinorF Harmonic MinorF Melodic MinorF DorianF PhrygianF LydianF MixolydianF Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

F Major PentatonicF Minor PentatonicF BluesF Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F Phrygian DominantF Lydian DominantF AlteredF Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

F Whole ToneF Diminished (Whole–Half)F Diminished (Half–Whole)F Augmented Scale

World & exotic

F Hungarian MinorF Double Harmonic MajorF Neapolitan Minor
Harmonic Major 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.