SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Altered

F♯ – G – A – B♭ – C – D – E1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7

Every tension a dominant chord can take — b9, #9, b5 and #5. The go-to scale over an altered dominant resolving to a minor chord. The 7th mode of melodic minor.

Notes & degrees
F♯1Gb2Ab3B♭b4Cb5Db6Eb7
NotesF#, G, A, Bb, C, D, E
StepsH – W – H – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledSuper Locrian, Diminished Whole Tone
Piano
GACDEF♯B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GAB♭CDEBCDEF♯GAB♭GGAB♭CDEF♯GDDEF♯GAB♭CDAAB♭CDEF♯GAEEF♯GAB♭CDE

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

357912AAB♭CDEF♯GAEEF♯GAB♭CDECCDEF♯GAB♭CGGAB♭CDEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°F♯dimF♯m7♭5
♭iiGmGm(maj7)
♭iiiAmAm7
♭IV+B♭augB♭maj7♯5
♭VCC7
♭VIDD7
♭vii°EdimEm7♭5

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

i°F♯dim♭iiGm♭iiiAm♭IV+B♭aug♭VC♭VID♭vii°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♯ Harmonic MajorF♯ Phrygian DominantF♯ Lydian DominantF♯ 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
Altered on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯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.