Scales
F# Oriental Scale
F# · G · A# · B · C · D# · E
F# Oriental is a scale built on F# with the notes F# · G · A# · B · C · D# · E.
F# Oriental Scale
F# · G · A# · B · C · D# · E
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | F# · G · A# · B · C · D# · E · F# | |
| Left hand | 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 | 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# Oriental 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 H W½ H W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of F# Oriental gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales F# Oriental 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# Neapolitan Major PentatonicF# · A# · B · C · E
Every note of this scale is in F# Oriental.
F# IwatoF# · G · B · C · E
Every note of this scale is in F# Oriental.
F# Prometheus NeapolitanF# · G · A# · B# · D# · E
Every note of this scale is in F# Oriental.
Scales that contain it
F# ChromaticF# · G · G# · A · A# · B · C · C# · D · D# · E · E#
Contains every note of F# Oriental.
Common questions
- How do I play F# Oriental?
- 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 F# Oriental?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of F# Oriental gives F#majb5 (I), Gaug (II+), C7no5/A# (III), B (IV), C (V), D#m (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# Oriental?
- F# Oriental contains the notes F# · G · A# · B · C · D# · E, measured from the tonic F# 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 F# Oriental?
- From F# the steps run H W½ H H W½ H W, 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.