Scales
F Balinese Scale
F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E
F Balinese is a scale built on F with the notes F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E.
F Balinese Scale
F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E · F | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 | F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E · F |
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
F Balinese is made of the notes F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W W W H W½ H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of F Balinese gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales F Balinese 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 inside it
F Vietnamese 1F · Ab · Bb · C · Db
Every note of this scale is in F Balinese.
F PelogF · Gb · Ab · C · Db
Every note of this scale is in F Balinese.
F KumoijoshiF · Gb · Bb · C · Db
Every note of this scale is in F Balinese.
Scales that contain it
F Messiaen's Mode #7F · Gb · G · Ab · Bb · B · C · Db · D · E
Contains every note of F Balinese.
F ChromaticF · Gb · G · Ab · A · Bb · Cb · C · Db · D · Eb · E
Contains every note of F Balinese.
Common questions
- How do I play F Balinese?
- 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 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of F Balinese?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of F Balinese gives Fm (i), Gb (II), Abaug (III+), Bbm (iv), Cmajb5 (V), Db (VI), Gb7no5/E (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 F Balinese?
- F Balinese contains the notes F · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E, measured from the tonic F as the intervals 1P, 2m, 3m, 4P, 5P, 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 F Balinese?
- From F the steps run H W W W H 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.