Guitar scale
F# Harmonic Minor Guitar Scale
F# harmonic minor is a seven-note minor scale built from F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, and F. Its major seventh creates a strong pull back to the F# root.
- Notes
- F#G#ABC#DF
- Formula
- 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
- Semitones
- 0 2 3 5 7 8 11
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 compare the F# roots with the F natural leading tones across standard tuning.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with F# Harmonic Minor loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use F# harmonic minor in minor keys where the V chord resolves strongly back to F# minor.
- The major 7 creates a strong leading tone and gives the scale its classical and neoclassical minor sound.