Scales
G# Oriental Scale
G# · A · B# · C# · D · E# · F#
G# Oriental is a scale built on G# with the notes G# · A · B# · C# · D · E# · F#.
G# Oriental Scale
G# · A · B# · C# · D · E# · F#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | G# · A · B# · C# · D · E# · F# · G# | |
| Left hand | 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 | G# · A · B# · C# · D · E# · F# · G# |
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
G# Oriental is made of the notes G# · A · B# · C# · D · E# · F#. 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 G# Oriental gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Related scales
The scales G# 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
G# Neapolitan Major PentatonicG# · B# · C# · D · F#
Every note of this scale is in G# Oriental.
G# IwatoG# · A · C# · D · F#
Every note of this scale is in G# Oriental.
Common questions
- How do I play G# 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 G# Oriental?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of G# Oriental gives G#majb5 (I), Aaug (II+), D7no5/B# (III), C# (IV), D (V), E#m (vi), F#m (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 G# Oriental?
- G# Oriental contains the notes G# · A · B# · C# · D · E# · F#, measured from the tonic G# 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 G# Oriental?
- From G# 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.