F♯ Double harmonicScale

Formula

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7
The family

F♯ Double harmonic on the chromatic circle

F♯ Double harmonic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 1 F♯I Double harmonic ♭2 GII 3 A♯III 4 BIV Hungarian minor 5 C♯V ♭6 DVI 7 E♯VII F♯ Double harmonic
The whole neck

F♯ Double harmonic 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.

3 5 7 9 12 15 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2
Harmony

Chords in F♯ Double harmonic

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
IF♯maj7F♯ A♯ C♯ E♯
♭IIGmaj7G B D F♯
iiiA♯m (𝄫7)A♯ C♯ E♯ G
ivBm(maj7)B D F♯ A♯
VC♯7♭5C♯ E♯ G B
♭VI+Dmaj7♯5D F♯ A♯ C♯
VII E♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) E♯ G B D
Context

Where F♯ Double harmonic fits

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Double harmonic scale in every key

F♯ Double harmonic scale questions

What notes are in the F♯ Double harmonic scale?

F♯ G A♯ B C♯ D E♯. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7.

What is the F♯ Double harmonic scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H W H 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the F♯ Double harmonic scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F♯ Double harmonic 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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

What chords are in the F♯ Double harmonic scale?

F♯maj7 (I), Gmaj7 (♭II), A♯m (𝄫7) (iii), Bm(maj7) (iv), C♯7♭5 (V), Dmaj7♯5 (♭VI+), E♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the F♯ Double harmonic scale used?

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.