Also written A♭ Natural Minor — the same pitches spelled the other way.
The plain minor scale — the relative minor of a major key, using the same notes from a different home note.
| Notes | G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E, F# |
|---|---|
| Steps | W – H – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half) |
| Also called | Aeolian |
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.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | G♯m | G♯m7 |
| ii° | A♯dim | A♯m7♭5 |
| ♭III | B | Bmaj7 |
| iv | C♯m | C♯m7 |
| v | D♯m | D♯m7 |
| ♭VI | E | Emaj7 |
| ♭VII | F♯ | F♯7 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
G♯m – F♯ – E
G♯m – C♯m – D♯m
G♯m – E – B – F♯
Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.
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.