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F Prometheus scale

About the F Prometheus scale

F Prometheus is used for impressionist and mystical concert music. Think of it as the mystic chord of Scriabin turned into a scale, a raised fourth with no fifth. It is F Whole Tone with the sixth raised.

Its notes are F, G, A, B, D, and D. The formula is W W W 1½ H W.

Also called Mystic Scale and Mystic Chord.

Learn more about the F Prometheus scale

On the piano, this scale touches the black key D. F Prometheus includes a stretch of five consecutive white keys.

Notes and intervals

1FFRoot
2GGMajor 2nd
3AAMajor 3rd
4BBAugmented 4th
5DDMajor 6th
6D#D♯Augmented 6th
StepsW W W 1½ H W
Semitones2-2-2-3-1-2
Degrees1 2 3 4 6 6

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

Prometheus in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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F Prometheus scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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