F♯ Major Scale on Guitar
The F♯ Major Scale is a 7-note scale (bright, happy, pop) built from the formula 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Its notes are F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E♯. Below you'll find the scale on the whole fretboard, the chords that belong to it and related scales — open it in the interactive fretboard for 3NPS, CAGED and pentatonic box patterns with playback.
Notes and intervals
| Degree | Note | Interval |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | F♯ | root |
| 2 | G♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | A♯ | Major 3rd |
| 4 | B | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | C♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | D♯ | Major 6th |
| 7 | E♯ | Major 7th |
Steps: W – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole step, H = half step)
F♯ Major Scale on the fretboard (15 frets)
Standard tuning E A D G B E. Pink = root, purple = characteristic notes. 3NPS, CAGED and box patterns plus other tunings are in the interactive fretboard.
Chords in the scale
Modes with the same notes
Other scales from F♯
- Ionian (Major)
- Dorian
- Phrygian
- Lydian
- Mixolydian
- Aeolian (Minor)
- Locrian
- Major pentatonic
- Minor pentatonic
- Blues
- Major blues
- Harmonic minor
- Locrian ♮6
- Ionian ♯5
- Dorian ♯4
- Phrygian dominant
- Lydian ♯2
- Superlocrian 𝄫7
- Melodic minor
- Dorian ♭2
- Lydian augmented
- Lydian dominant
- Mixolydian ♭6
- Locrian ♮2
- Altered (Superlocrian)
- Whole tone
- Diminished (half-whole)
- Diminished (whole-half)
Ionian (Major) in other keys
FAQ
- What notes are in the F♯ Major Scale?
- The F♯ Major Scale has 7 notes: F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E♯. Its formula is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.
- What intervals make up the F♯ Major Scale?
- Step pattern: W – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole step, H = half step). Intervals from the root: 2 (Major 2nd), 3 (Major 3rd), 4 (Perfect 4th), 5 (Perfect 5th), 6 (Major 6th), 7 (Major 7th).
- What chords are in the F♯ Major Scale?
- Triads: F♯, G♯m, A♯m, B, C♯, D♯m, E♯°. Seventh chords: F♯maj7, G♯m7, A♯m7, Bmaj7, C♯7, D♯m7, E♯m7♭5.
- What is the relative minor of F♯ major?
- E♭ minor — it uses the same notes as F♯ major, starting from the 6th degree.