SCALE REFERENCE

G Harmonic Major

G – A – B – C – D – E♭ – F♯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
G1A2B3C4D5E♭b6F♯7
NotesG, A, B, C, D, Eb, F#
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
GABCDE♭F♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♯GABCDE♭BBCDE♭F♯GABGGABCDE♭F♯GDDE♭F♯GABCDAABCDE♭F♯GAEF♯GABCDE♭

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

357912AABCDE♭F♯GAEF♯GABCDE♭CCDE♭F♯GABCGGABCDE♭F♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IGGmaj7
ii°AdimAm7♭5
iiiBmBm7
ivCmCm(maj7)
VDD7
♭VI+E♭augE♭maj7♯5
vii°F♯dimF♯dim7

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

IGii°AdimiiiBmivCmVD♭VI+E♭augvii°F♯dim
Other scales on G

Core scales & modes

G MajorG Natural MinorG Harmonic MinorG Melodic MinorG DorianG PhrygianG LydianG MixolydianG Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G Major PentatonicG Minor PentatonicG BluesG Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G Phrygian DominantG Lydian DominantG AlteredG Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G Whole ToneG Diminished (Whole–Half)G Diminished (Half–Whole)G Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G Hungarian MinorG Double Harmonic MajorG 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.