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C♯ 7#11 Pentatonic scale

About the C sharp 7#11 Pentatonic scale

C sharp 7#11 Pentatonic is used for jazz and film music that wants a Lydian color. Think of it as a five-note scale with a raised fourth and a major seventh.

Its notes are C, D, E, G, and B. The formula is W W W 5 semitones H.

The black keys C and D belong to this scale. Even so, the raised fourth is the white key G.

Notes and intervals

1C#C♯Root
2D#D♯Major 2nd
3E#E♯Major 3rd
4GGAugmented 4th
5B#B♯Major 7th
StepsW W W 5 semitones H
Semitones2-2-2-5-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

7#11 Pentatonic in other keys

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Db 7#11 Pentatonic scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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