SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Major Pentatonic

F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – C♯ – D♯1 2 3 5 6

Also written G♭ Major Pentatonic — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The major scale with the two notes that can clash (4 and 7) removed — five notes that sound right over almost any major-key chord.

Notes & degrees

F♯1G♯2A♯3C♯5D♯6

Notes	F#, G#, A#, C#, D#
Steps	2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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

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

Other scales on F♯

Core scales & modes

F♯ Major F♯ Natural Minor F♯ Harmonic Minor F♯ Melodic Minor F♯ Dorian F♯ Phrygian F♯ Lydian F♯ Mixolydian F♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

F♯ Minor Pentatonic F♯ Blues F♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F♯ Harmonic Major F♯ Phrygian Dominant F♯ Lydian Dominant F♯ Altered F♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

F♯ Hungarian Minor F♯ Double Harmonic Major F♯ Neapolitan Minor

Major Pentatonic on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭E F F♯G♭G A♭G♯A B♭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.