F♯ Ionian ♯5Scale

Formula

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

F♯ Ionian ♯5 on the chromatic circle

F♯ Ionian ♯5 is the 3rd mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W H 1½ H 6 D♯I Harmonic minor 7 E♯II Locrian ♮6 1 F♯III Ionian ♯5 2 G♯IV Dorian ♯4 3 A♯V Phrygian dominant 4 BVI Lydian ♯2 ♯5 C𝄪VII Altered 𝄫7 F♯ Ionian ♯5
The whole neck

F♯ 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.

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

Chords in F♯ 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.

DegreeChordNotes
I+F♯maj7♯5F♯ A♯ C𝄪 E♯
iiG♯m7G♯ B D♯ F♯
IIIA♯7A♯ C𝄪 E♯ G♯
IVBmaj7B D♯ F♯ A♯
♯v°C𝄪°7C𝄪 E♯ G♯ B
viD♯m(maj7)D♯ F♯ A♯ C𝄪
vii°E♯m7♭5E♯ G♯ B D♯
Context

Where F♯ Ionian ♯5 fits

Over maj7♯5 chords: a rare colour in jazz and neoclassical lines.

F♯ 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

F♯ Ionian ♯5 scale questions

What notes are in the F♯ Ionian ♯5 scale?

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

What is the F♯ 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 F♯ Ionian ♯5 scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the F♯ Ionian ♯5 scale?

F♯maj7♯5 (I+), G♯m7 (ii), A♯7 (III), Bmaj7 (IV), C𝄪°7 (♯v°), D♯m(maj7) (vi), E♯m7♭5 (vii°).

When is the F♯ Ionian ♯5 scale used?

Over maj7♯5 chords: a rare colour in jazz and neoclassical lines.