F♯ double harmonic major (F# double harmonic major) scale on alto sax
F♯ double harmonic major has 7 notes: F♯ G A♯ B C♯ D E♯. Degrees: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7. Formula: H W+H H W H W+H H.
What notes are in the F♯ double harmonic major scale?
F♯, G, A♯, B, C♯, D and E♯. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is H W+H H W H W+H H.
What does F♯ double harmonic major sound like, and when do you use it?
Two augmented seconds: exotic, with an Arabic and Byzantine flavor. Use it over major chords with ♭2 in the bass or the melody.
Chord progressions to improvise with F♯ double harmonic major
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the staff lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in F♯:
- Tonic vamp (I): a F♯maj7 vamp. A single chord: hear how each note of the scale sounds against the root.
- Two chords (I–♭II): F♯maj7 | Gmaj7. The scale split into two chords: the first has 1-3-5-7, the second the other notes.
F♯ double harmonic major on alto sax: written notes and fingerings
The alto sax is a E♭ instrument: written F♯ double harmonic major sounds A double harmonic major in concert pitch. Fingering for each note, from low to high (left hand | right hand):
- F♯: 123 | 2
- G: 123 | –
- A♯: 1 | – + bis (B♭)
- B: 1 | –
- C♯: – | –
- D: 123 | 123 + octave key
- E♯: 123 | 1 + octave key
- F♯: 123 | 2 + octave key
Same notes as
Double harmonic major in other keys
On other instruments
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