Guitar scale
F Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale
F Major (Ionian) is a seven-note scale built from F, G, A, A#, C, D, and E. It is the 1st relative mode of F major. It is also commonly called F Ionian. Use it to study the scale's notes, interval formula, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Notes
- FGAA#CDE
- Formula
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Semitones
- 0 2 4 5 7 9 11
- Parent scale
- F major
- Also called
- F Ionian
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers represent F root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the F root notes and connect the remaining major (ionian) tones across standard tuning.
This same note pattern is also commonly called F Ionian.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with F Major (Ionian) loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use F major over F major, Fmaj7, and straightforward major-key progressions.
- It is also the parent scale for the seven major-scale modes that share the same notes.