Major & minor
F♯ harmonic minor scale
Minor with a raised 7th: an exotic, classical sound with a strong pull back home.
- Notes
- F♯G♯ABC♯DE♯
- Formula
- 12♭345♭67
- Steps
- WHWWHW+HH
How to play the F♯ harmonic minor scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------4-5-7-| B|-------------------------3-6-7-------| G|-------------------2-4-6-------------| D|-------------3-4-6-------------------| A|-------2-4-5-------------------------| E|-2-4-5-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 2–7
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------2-4-| E|-----1-2---------| C|-1-2-------------| G|---------1-2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the F♯ harmonic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
vii°
E♯dim
E♯dim7
E♯ G♯ B
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