F♯ chromatic (F# chromatic) scale on piano
F♯ chromatic has 12 notes: F♯ G G♯ A A♯ B C C♯ D D♯ E F. Degrees: 1 ♭2 2 ♭3 3 4 ♭5 5 ♭6 6 ♭7 7. Formula: H H H H H H H H H H H H.
What notes are in the F♯ chromatic scale?
F♯, G, G♯, A, A♯, B, C, C♯, D, D♯, E and F. It has 12 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is H H H H H H H H H H H H.
What does F♯ chromatic sound like, and when do you use it?
Every note: material for runs and chromatic approaches. Use it over as passing tones, not as the chord scale.
Chord progressions to improvise with F♯ chromatic
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 keyboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in F♯:
- Pedal (I): a F♯7 vamp. A chord made of scale notes, held over the root: hear each note against the bass.
F♯ chromatic on the keyboard
It uses 5 black keys: F♯, G♯, A♯, C♯ and D♯. On the interactive keyboard above you can hear it, show its degrees or intervals and practice its chords.
Same notes as
C chromatic · D♭ chromatic · D chromatic · E♭ chromatic · E chromatic · F chromatic · G chromatic · A♭ chromatic · A chromatic · B♭ chromatic · B chromatic