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C♯ melodic minor scale

The C♯ melodic minor scale is C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯ B♯: seven notes, smooth and jazzy. Its formula is 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7.

Make a beat in C♯ minor

Opens the free editor with a trap beat in C♯ minor to play C♯ melodic minor over. No account needed to start.

The notes of C♯ melodic minor

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

C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯ B♯ C♯

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

How C♯ melodic minor is built

The C♯ minor scale with A raised to A♯ and B raised to B♯. Its top half then runs like C♯ major, smooth on the way up. Classical music plays it that way going up and plays C♯ minor coming down.

The natural minor scale with its sixth and seventh raised: minor at the bottom, major at the top. Classical music raises them on the way up and plays the natural minor coming down; jazz plays these notes both ways. The melodic minor scale in every key.

Chords in C♯ melodic 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♯miiD♯m♭III+EaugIVF♯VG♯vi°A♯dimvii°B♯dim

Play C♯ melodic 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♯ melodic minor

What notes are in the C♯ melodic 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, whole, whole, half.

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

It raises A to A♯ and B to B♯. The top of the scale then runs like C♯ major, smooth on the way up to C♯.

Melodic minor scale in every key

C melodic minorC♯ melodic minorD melodic minorE♭ melodic minorE melodic minorF melodic minorF♯ melodic minorG melodic minorA♭ melodic minorA melodic minorB♭ melodic minorB melodic 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

Build a song in C♯ melodic minor

Start with the beat, then add chords, a melody and your voice in the editor, part by part.

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