SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Bebop Dominant

F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B – C♯ – D♯ – E – E♯1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7

Also written G♭ Bebop Dominant — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Mixolydian with a chromatic passing note between the b7 and the root — the extra note keeps chord tones landing on the beat in a running eighth-note line.

Notes & degrees
F♯1G♯2A♯3B4C♯5D♯6Eb7E♯7
NotesF#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E, E#
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
BEE♯F♯G♯A♯C♯D♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯EBBC♯D♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯EE♯F♯DD♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯AA♯BC♯D♯EE♯F♯G♯EEE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯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♯BC♯D♯EE♯F♯G♯EEE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯ECC♯D♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯EE♯F♯

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

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♯ Altered

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

F♯ Hungarian MinorF♯ Double Harmonic MajorF♯ Neapolitan Minor
Bebop Dominant on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭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.