Scales
F Leading Whole Tone Scale
F · G · A · B · C# · Eb · E
F Leading Whole Tone is a scale built on F with the notes F · G · A · B · C# · Eb · E.
F Leading Whole Tone Scale
F · G · A · B · C# · Eb · E
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | F · G · A · B · C# · Eb · E · F | |
| Left hand | 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 | F · G · A · B · C# · Eb · 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 Leading Whole Tone is made of the notes F · G · A · B · C# · Eb · E. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W W W W W H H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of F Leading Whole Tone gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales F Leading Whole Tone 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 Whole Tone PentatonicF · A · Cb · Db · Eb
Every note of this scale is in F Leading Whole Tone.
F Whole ToneF · G · A · B · C# · D#
Every note of this scale is in F Leading Whole Tone.
Scales that contain it
F Messiaen's Mode #6F · G · A · Bb · B · C# · D# · E
Contains every note of F Leading Whole Tone.
F Messiaen's Mode #3F · G · Ab · A · B · C · Db · Eb · E
Contains every note of F Leading Whole Tone.
F ChromaticF · Gb · G · Ab · A · Bb · Cb · C · Db · D · Eb · E
Contains every note of F Leading Whole Tone.
Common questions
- How do I play F Leading Whole Tone?
- 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 1 2 3 4 5, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of F Leading Whole Tone?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of F Leading Whole Tone gives Faug (I+), Gaug (II+), A (III), Bmajb5 (IV), C#dim (v°), F7no5/Eb (VI), Em (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 Leading Whole Tone?
- F Leading Whole Tone contains the notes F · G · A · B · C# · Eb · E, measured from the tonic F as the intervals 1P, 2M, 3M, 4A, 5A, 7m, 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 Leading Whole Tone?
- From F the steps run W W W W W H 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.