F# Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of F# Major

☀️ Here's a bright F sharp major scale reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard, intervals, scale degrees, diatonic chords and common chord progressions in F♯ major.

🎸 You'll also find the F♯ major scale on the guitar fretboard.

ⓘ The G_♭ major scale is enharmonic to the F^♯ major scale. It has the same pitches, but uses different notes names: G_♭ A_♭ B_♭ C_♭ D_♭ E_♭ F.

The F^♯ major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches F^♯, G^♯, A^♯, B, C^♯, D^♯ and E^♯. Its relative minor is D^♯ minor.

The key signature for the F^♯ major scale has 6 sharps: F^♯, C^♯, G^♯, D^♯, A^♯ and E^♯. All sharps except for the B natural.

The key of F^♯ major is closely related to the key of B major and the key of D_♭ major.

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The notes of the F♯ major scale are F^♯, G^♯, A^♯, B, C^♯, D^♯ and E^♯

The relative minor of the F♯ major scale is D♯ minor

F♯ major scale piano layout & finger position

Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the F♯ major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the F♯ major scale up and down:

F^♯
G^♯
A^♯
B
C^♯
D^♯
E^♯
F^♯

F♯

G♯
C♯

A♯
D♯

B
E♯

F♯
C♯

G♯
D♯

A♯

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right hand

F♯ Major Scale on Guitar

🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the F♯ major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:

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You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the F♯ major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):

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Chords in the key of F♯ major
(F♯ major diatonic chords)

The diatonic chords in the key of F♯ major are: F^♯ major, G^♯ minor, A^♯ minor, B major, C^♯ major, D^♯ minor and E^♯ diminished

Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.

Common chord progressions in the key of F♯ major

Here's list of popular major key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of F♯ major. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords:

I F^♯ maj

IV B maj

V C^♯ maj

I F^♯ maj

vi D^♯ min

ii G^♯ min

V C^♯ maj

vi D^♯ min

IV B maj

I F^♯ maj

V C^♯ maj

I F^♯ maj

iii A^♯ min

IV B maj

V C^♯ maj

I F^♯ maj

IV B maj

vi E^♯ min

V C^♯ maj

ii G^♯ min

V C^♯ maj

I F^♯ maj

vi D^♯ min

IV B maj

V C^♯ maj

I F^♯ maj

IV B maj

ii G^♯ min

V C^♯ maj

iii A^♯ min

vi D^♯ min

ii G^♯ min

V C^♯ maj

I F^♯ maj

V C^♯ maj

vi D^♯ min

IV B maj

I F^♯ maj

IV B maj

V C^♯ maj

I F^♯ maj

V C^♯ maj

ii G^♯ min

iii A^♯ min

Toggle F♯ major scale intervals & scale degrees

degrees	notes	intervals
1: Tonic	F^♯	Unison
2: Supertonic	G^♯	Major 2nd
3: Mediant	A^♯	Major 3rd
4: Subdominant	B	Perfect 4th
5: Dominant	C^♯	Perfect 5th
6: Submediant	D^♯	Major 6th
7: Leading Tone	E^♯	Major 7th
1: Octave/Tonic	F^♯	Perfect 8th