SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Harmonic Major

F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B – C♯ – D – E♯1 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
F♯1G♯2A♯3B4C♯5Db6E♯7
NotesF#, G#, A#, B, C#, D, E#
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
BDE♯F♯G♯A♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯DBBC♯DE♯F♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯DE♯F♯DDE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯DAA♯BC♯DE♯F♯G♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯D

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♯DE♯F♯G♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯DCC♯DE♯F♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯DE♯F♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IF♯F♯maj7
ii°G♯dimG♯m7♭5
iiiA♯mA♯m7
ivBmBm(maj7)
VC♯C♯7
♭VI+DaugDmaj7♯5
vii°E♯dimE♯dim7

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

IF♯ii°G♯dimiiiA♯mivBmVC♯♭VI+Daugvii°E♯dim
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.