Scales
F# Double Harmonic Major Scale
F# · G · A# · B · C# · D · E#
F# Double Harmonic Major is a scale built on F# with the notes F# · G · A# · B · C# · D · E#.
F# Double Harmonic Major Scale
F# · G · A# · B · C# · D · E#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 | F# · G · A# · B · C# · D · E# · F# | |
| Left hand | 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 2 | F# · G · A# · B · C# · D · 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# Double Harmonic Major is made of the notes F# · G · A# · B · C# · D · E#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W½ H W H W½ H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of F# Double Harmonic Major gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales F# Double Harmonic Major 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# Ionian PentatonicF# · A# · B · C# · E#
Every note of this scale is in F# Double Harmonic Major.
F# KumoijoshiF# · G · B · C# · D
Every note of this scale is in F# Double Harmonic Major.
Scales that contain it
F# Purvi RagaF# · G · A# · B · B# · C# · D · E#
Contains every note of F# Double Harmonic Major.
F# ChromaticF# · G · G# · A · A# · B · C · C# · D · D# · E · E#
Contains every note of F# Double Harmonic Major.
Common questions
- How do I play F# Double Harmonic Major?
- 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 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of F# Double Harmonic Major?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of F# Double Harmonic Major gives F# (I), G (II), A#m (iii), Bm (iv), C#majb5 (V), Daug (VI+), G7no5/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# Double Harmonic Major?
- F# Double Harmonic Major contains the notes F# · G · A# · B · C# · D · 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# Double Harmonic Major?
- From F# the steps run H W½ H 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.