C Scriabin Scale on Piano — Keyboard, Notes & Fingering

About the C Scriabin scale

C Scriabin is used for impressionist and mystical concert music. Think of it as a five-note scale from the late, mystical harmony of Scriabin. It is C Major Pentatonic with the second lowered.

Its notes are C, D♭, E, G, and A. The formula is H 1½ 1½ W 1½.

Also called Major Pentatonic ♭2 and Vibhas.

This scale draws one black key from the piano, D♭.

Notes and intervals

1	CC	Root
2	DbD♭	Minor 2nd
3	EE	Major 3rd
4	GG	Perfect 5th
5	AA	Major 6th

Steps	H 1½ 1½ W 1½
Semitones	1-3-3-2-3
Degrees	1 ♭2 3 5 6

Shapes

Chromatic

Circle of Fifths

Related scales

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