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F♯ major: scale and chords
The F♯ major scale, its seven chords and the keys that mix with it, with a loop in F♯ major that plays right here. Move it a semitone, then hum over it.
Mika files F♯ major under 2B and mixes into 3B or 1B. Never anywhere stranger.Four chords of F♯ major over drums and bass, 123 BPM.
The F♯ major scale
F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E♯
Six sharps: F♯ G♯ A♯ C♯ D♯ E♯; five black keys on a piano (F♯ G♯ A♯ C♯ D♯). Also written as G♭ major, with six flats. Whole and half steps: W W H W W W H.
The chord on the fifth degree, C♯7, pulls back to F♯.
In Hz, from the keynote in octave 4: F♯4 370.0 · G♯4 415.3 · A♯4 466.2 · B4 493.9 · C♯5 554.4 · D♯5 622.3 · E♯5 698.5
The chords in F♯ major
Tap a chord to hear it.
| Degree | Chord | Notes | Seventh | Bass, Hz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | F♯ A♯ C♯ | F♯maj7 | F♯2 92.5 | |
| ii | G♯ B D♯ | G♯m7 | G♯2 103.8 | |
| iii | A♯ C♯ E♯ | A♯m7 | A♯2 116.5 | |
| IV | B D♯ F♯ | Bmaj7 | B2 123.5 | |
| V | C♯ E♯ G♯ | C♯7 | C♯2 69.3 | |
| vi | D♯ F♯ A♯ | D♯m7 | D♯2 77.8 | |
| vii° | E♯ G♯ B | E♯m7♭5 | E♯2 87.3 |
The loop plays I–V–vi–IV: F♯ C♯ D♯m B.
Keys that mix with F♯ major
On the Camelot wheel F♯ major is 2B (Open Key 7d). Tracks in these keys mix without a clash:
- 2A E♭ minor relative minor, the same seven notes
- 1B B major one step down
- 3B D♭ major one step up
- 4B A♭ major two steps up, the energy boost
Same keynote, the other mode: F♯ minor (11A), three notes apart.
Where F♯ major sits
| Open strings | In F♯ major | Keynote on an open string |
|---|---|---|
| Guitar E A D G B E | 1 of 6 | – |
| Bass E A D G | 0 of 4 | – |
| Violin G D A E | 0 of 4 | – |
| Viola C G D A | 0 of 4 | – |
| Cello C G D A | 0 of 4 | – |
| Ukulele G C E A | 0 of 4 | – |
Choir parts (soprano C4–G5, alto G3–D5, tenor C3–G4, bass F2–D4, where two part-writing guides agree): F♯4–F♯5 fits the soprano part; F♯3–F♯4 fits the tenor part; F♯2–F♯3 fits the bass part; no whole F♯-to-F♯ octave fits the alto part. Find your own range.
As a sub or an 808, the keynote is F♯1 at 46.2 Hz, or F♯2 at 92.5 Hz an octave up. Tune an 808 to F♯.
What plays
Drums, an organ bass and a pluck, the Brumm app's own sounds, four bars at 123 BPM, one chord per bar. The arrows move bass and chords a semitone; the drums stay.
Then hum over it
The hum button opens Brumm with a short line in the key over a beat. Hum yours and it becomes an instrument. No account, no upload.
Sources
Scales and chords: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Camelot, Open Key: Mixed In Key, Mixgraph. Open strings: Wikipedia. Choir parts: Open Music Theory, Geneseo. Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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