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C♯ harmonic minor scale

The C♯ harmonic minor scale is C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A B♯: seven notes, dark, with a strong pull home. Its formula is 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7.

Make a beat in C♯ minor

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The notes of C♯ harmonic minor

From C♯ up to C♯: whole, half, whole, whole, half, step and a half, half. Tap a key to hear it.

C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A B♯ C♯

EAB♯C♯D♯F♯G♯C♯
The notes of C♯ harmonic minor scale by scale degree
DegreeNoteFrom the root
1C♯Root
2D♯Major second
♭3EMinor third
4F♯Perfect fourth
5G♯Perfect fifth
♭6AMinor sixth
7B♯Major seventh

How C♯ harmonic minor is built

The C♯ minor scale with B raised to B♯. The raised seventh sits a half step below C♯, so it pulls hard back home, and it makes the fifth chord G♯ major.

The natural minor scale with its seventh raised a half step. That note makes the fifth chord major, so it pulls hard back home, and the step and a half below it gives the scale its classical, exotic sound. The harmonic minor scale in every key.

Chords in C♯ harmonic minor

One chord on each note of the scale, built from its own notes. The numeral says which note it starts on, against the C♯ major scale: capitals are major, small letters minor.

iC♯mii°D♯dim♭III+EaugivF♯mVG♯♭VIAvii°B♯dim

Play C♯ harmonic minor over a beat

A beat on the chords of C♯ minor. Play the scale over it on the keyboard above, then open it in the editor and add your melody as its own part.

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Questions about C♯ harmonic minor

What notes are in the C♯ harmonic minor scale?

C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A and B♯. Its formula is 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7, counted from the major scale on C♯, and its steps from C♯ up to C♯ are: whole, half, whole, whole, half, step and a half, half.

How is C♯ harmonic minor different from C♯ minor?

It raises B to B♯. The raised seventh, a half step below C♯, makes the fifth chord G♯ major, which pulls hard back to C♯ minor.

Harmonic minor scale in every key

C harmonic minorC♯ harmonic minorD harmonic minorE♭ harmonic minorE harmonic minorF harmonic minorF♯ harmonic minorG harmonic minorG♯ harmonic minorA harmonic minorB♭ harmonic minorB harmonic minor

More scales on C♯

D♭ major (major scale)C♯ minor (natural minor scale)D♭ major pentatonicC♯ minor pentatonicC♯ bluesC♯ harmonic minorC♯ melodic minorC♯ dorianC♯ phrygianD♭ lydianD♭ mixolydianC♯ locrianC♯ phrygian dominant
Scales and modes
Major and minor keysMajor pentatonic scaleMinor pentatonic scaleBlues scaleHarmonic minor scaleMelodic minor scaleDorian modePhrygian modeLydian modeMixolydian modeLocrian modePhrygian dominant scaleWhole tone scale

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