Chord Colors

G♯ Prometheus scale

About the G sharp Prometheus scale

G sharp 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 G Whole Tone with the sixth raised.

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

Also called Mystic Scale and Mystic Chord.

Learn more about the G♯ Prometheus scale

Three of the notes in G Prometheus are black keys, G, A, and F. That raised fourth spells out to the white key D.

Notes and intervals

1G#G♯Root
2A#A♯Major 2nd
3B#B♯Major 3rd
4DDAugmented 4th
5E#E♯Major 6th
6F#F♯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.

Embed this scale

Paste the snippet into a lesson page, a blog or a forum post. The card links back here.

Ab Prometheus scale on piano shown as colored note dots
Chord Colors

There's so much more to explore

Explore on the go. Over 150 chord progressions, modal mixture, build your own progressions, and more!

Try web version iOS app
Chord Colors on iPhone showing chords, guitar voicings, progressions, and scales