SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Natural Minor

F♯ – G♯ – A – B – C♯ – D – E1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

The plain minor scale — the relative minor of a major key, using the same notes from a different home note.

Notes & degrees
F♯1G♯2Ab3B4C♯5Db6Eb7
NotesF#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E
StepsW – H – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledAeolian
Piano
ABDEF♯G♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯ABC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯DDEF♯G♯ABC♯DAABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DE

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

357912AABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DECC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iF♯mF♯m7
ii°G♯dimG♯m7♭5
♭IIIAAmaj7
ivBmBm7
vC♯mC♯m7
♭VIDDmaj7
♭VIIEE7

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

iF♯mii°G♯dim♭IIIAivBmvC♯m♭VID♭VIIE
Common progressions in F♯ minor

i – ♭VII – ♭VI

F♯m – E – D

i – iv – v

F♯m – Bm – C♯m

i – ♭VI – ♭III – ♭VII

F♯m – D – A – E

Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.

Related keys
Relative majorA majorParallel majorF♯ major
Other scales on F♯

Core scales & modes

F♯ MajorF♯ 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♯ 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
Natural Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯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.