Prometheus Scale Piano Reference With Notes & Intervals
🎹 The Prometheus scale is a 6-note hexatonic scale that's based on the mystic chord (aka Prometheus chord), which was made popular by the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. The name Prometheus comes from the use of the scale/chord in Scriabin's Prometheus: The Poem of Fire.
Here you'll find an interactive piano reference for the Prometheus scale with notes on the piano keyboard, intervals and scale formula.
Prometheus Scale Intervals
The intervals of the Prometheus scale are:
Prometheus Scale Formula
The formula for the Prometheus scale is: W, W, W, (W+h), h, W
W: Whole step, h: Half step (semitone)
Prometheus Scales Note Chart
| C | ||
| C♯ | ||
| D | ||
| D♯ | ||
| E | ||
| F | ||
| F♯ | ||
| G | ||
| G♯ | ||
| A | ||
| A♯ | ||
| B |
And now here are interactive piano keyboard layouts, one for each key, where you can hear the Prometheus scales being played up and down:
C Prometheus Scale
notes:
C♯ Prometheus Scale
notes:
D Prometheus Scale
notes:
D♯ Prometheus Scale
notes:
E Prometheus Scale
notes:
F Prometheus Scale
notes:
F♯ Prometheus Scale
notes:
G Prometheus Scale
notes:
G♯ Prometheus Scale
notes:
A Prometheus Scale
notes:
A♯ Prometheus Scale
notes:
B Prometheus Scale
notes:
Prometheus Scale Chords
Here's a list of chord types that fit the Prometheus scale:
References to major & minor scales:
C majorC♯ majorD♭ majorD majorE♭ majorE majorF majorF♯ majorG♭ majorG majorA♭ majorA majorB♭ majorB majorC♭ major
C minor C♯ minor D♭ minorD minorD♯ minorE♭ minorE minorF minorF♯ minorG minorG♯ minorA♭ minorA minorA♯ minorB♭ minorB minor
