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F♯ Minor Hexatonic scale
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About the F sharp Minor Hexatonic scale

F 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 F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, and E♯. The formula is W H W W 4 semitones H.

The black keys F♯, G♯, and C♯ belong to F♯ Minor Hexatonic.

Notes and intervals

1F#F♯Root
2G#G♯Major 2nd
3AAMinor 3rd
4BBPerfect 4th
5C#C♯Perfect 5th
6E#E♯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 scaleC sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleD Minor Hexatonic scaleD sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleE Minor Hexatonic scaleF Minor Hexatonic scaleG Minor Hexatonic scaleG sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleA Minor Hexatonic scaleA sharp Minor Hexatonic scaleB Minor Hexatonic scale

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