Scales
C# Persian Scale
C# · D · E# · F# · G · A · B#
C# Persian is a scale built on C# with the notes C# · D · E# · F# · G · A · B#.
C# Persian Scale
C# · D · E# · F# · G · A · B#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | C# · D · E# · F# · G · A · B# · C# | |
| Left hand | 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 | C# · D · E# · F# · G · A · B# · C# |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
C# Persian is made of the notes C# · D · E# · F# · G · A · B#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W½ H H W W½ H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of C# Persian gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Related scales
The scales C# Persian shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales that contain it
C# ChromaticC# · D · D# · E · E# · F# · G · G# · A · A# · B · B#
Contains every note of C# Persian.
Common questions
- How do I play C# Persian?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of C# Persian?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of C# Persian gives C#majb5 (I), D (II), E#sus2 (III), F#m (iv), Gsus4 (V), Aaug (VI+), D7no5/B# (VII). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in C# Persian?
- C# Persian contains the notes C# · D · E# · F# · G · A · B#, measured from the tonic C# as the intervals 1P, 2m, 3M, 4P, 5d, 6m, 7M. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of C# Persian?
- From C# the steps run H W½ H H W W½ H, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.