SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Blues

F♯ – A – B – C – C♯ – E1 b3 4 b5 5 b7

Minor pentatonic plus the 'blue note' — the flat 5th passing between the 4th and 5th. The core vocabulary of blues and rock lead playing.

Notes & degrees
F♯1Ab3B4Cb5C♯5Eb7
NotesF#, A, B, C, C#, E
Steps3 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 2 (semitones)
Also calledMinor Blues, Hexatonic Blues
Piano
ABCEF♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯ABCC♯EBBCC♯EF♯ABGABCC♯EF♯DEF♯ABCC♯AABCC♯EF♯AEEF♯ABCC♯E

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

357912AABCC♯EF♯AEEF♯ABCC♯ECCC♯EF♯ABCGABCC♯EF♯

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♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F♯ Harmonic MajorF♯ 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
Blues on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯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.