Scales
F# Ritusen Scale
F# · G# · B · C# · D#
F# Ritusen is a scale built on F# with the notes F# · G# · B · C# · D#.
F# Ritusen Scale
F# · G# · B · C# · D#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 1 2 3 4 | F# · G# · B · C# · D# · F# | |
| Left hand | 3 2 1 3 2 1 | F# · G# · B · C# · D# · 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# Ritusen is made of the notes F# · G# · B · C# · D#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W W½ W W W½.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale · pentatonic and blues scales
Related scales
F# Ritusen is a selection of notes from larger scales rather than a seven-note scale of its own, so it has no chords of its own: it takes them from the scales that contain it, listed here with the scales it contains and its related keys.
Gb RitusenGb · Ab · Cb · Db · Eb
The same sound, spelled from the enharmonic root
Scales that contain it
F# MajorF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D# · E#
Contains every note of F# Ritusen.
F# Melodic MinorF# · G# · A · B · C# · D# · E#
Contains every note of F# Ritusen.
F# BebopF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D# · E · E#
Contains every note of F# Ritusen.
F# DorianF# · G# · A · B · C# · D# · E
Contains every note of F# Ritusen.
F# MixolydianF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D# · E
Contains every note of F# Ritusen.
F# PiongioF# · G# · B · C# · D# · E
Contains every note of F# Ritusen.
Understanding F# Ritusen
Names and spellings
F# Ritusen and Gb Ritusen are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Gb Ritusen
Common questions
- How do I play F# Ritusen?
- 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 1 2 3 4, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What notes are in F# Ritusen?
- F# Ritusen contains the notes F# · G# · B · C# · D#, measured from the tonic F# as the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P, 6M. 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# Ritusen?
- From F# the steps run W W½ W W W½, 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.