C Ionian ♯5Scale
Formula
C Ionian ♯5 on the chromatic circle
C Ionian ♯5 is the 3rd mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
C Ionian ♯5 across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Chords in C Ionian ♯5
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where C Ionian ♯5 fits
Over maj7♯5 chords: a rare colour in jazz and neoclassical lines.
C Ionian ♯5 is mode 3 of the harmonic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Ionian ♯5 scale in every key
C Ionian ♯5 scale questions
What notes are in the C Ionian ♯5 scale?
C D E F G♯ A B. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 4 ♯5 6 7.
What is the C Ionian ♯5 scale formula?
1 2 3 4 ♯5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, W W H 1½ H W H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the C Ionian ♯5 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of C Ionian ♯5 up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.
What chords are in the C Ionian ♯5 scale?
Cmaj7♯5 (I+), Dm7 (ii), E7 (III), Fmaj7 (IV), G♯°7 (♯v°), Am(maj7) (vi), Bm7♭5 (vii°).
When is the C Ionian ♯5 scale used?
Over maj7♯5 chords: a rare colour in jazz and neoclassical lines.