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C♯ Minor Hexatonic scale
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About the C sharp Minor Hexatonic scale

C sharp Minor Hexatonic is used for jazz and modern minor melodies. Think of it as a six-note minor scale that skips the sixth and reaches for a major seventh.

Its notes are C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, and B♯. The formula is W H W W 4 semitones H.

Four of the notes in C♯ Minor Hexatonic are black keys, C♯, D♯, F♯, and G♯.

Notes and intervals

1C#C♯Root
2D#D♯Major 2nd
3EEMinor 3rd
4F#F♯Perfect 4th
5G#G♯Perfect 5th
6B#B♯Major 7th
StepsW H W W 4 semitones H
Semitones2-1-2-2-4-1
Degrees1 2 ♭3 4 5 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

Minor Hexatonic in other keys

C Minor Hexatonic scaleD Minor Hexatonic scaleD sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleE Minor Hexatonic scaleF Minor Hexatonic scaleF sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleG Minor Hexatonic scaleG sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleA Minor Hexatonic scaleA sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleB Minor Hexatonic scale

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