SCALE REFERENCE

G♯ Phrygian

G♯ – A – B – C♯ – D♯ – E – F♯1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

Minor with a flat 2nd — dark and Spanish-tinged. The 3rd mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees
G♯1Ab2Bb3C♯4D♯5Eb6F♯b7
NotesG#, A, B, C#, D#, E, F#
StepsH – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
ABEG♯C♯D♯F♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EBBC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯D♯EF♯DD♯EF♯G♯ABC♯AABC♯D♯EF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯D♯E

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

357912AABC♯D♯EF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯D♯ECC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯D♯EF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iG♯mG♯m7
♭IIAAmaj7
♭IIIBB7
ivC♯mC♯m7
v°D♯dimD♯m7♭5
♭VIEEmaj7
♭viiF♯mF♯m7

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

iG♯m♭IIA♭IIIBivC♯mv°D♯dim♭VIE♭viiF♯m
Other scales on G♯

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

G♯ Major PentatonicG♯ Minor PentatonicG♯ BluesG♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♯ Harmonic MajorG♯ 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
Phrygian on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GG♯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.