Minor

C♯ / D♭ Harmonic Minor

NOTES

C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A C C♯

SCALE FORMULA

1 – 2 – ♭3 – 4 – 5 – ♭6 – 7

ABOUT THIS SCALE

Natural minor with a raised seventh degree. Its distinctive augmented second gives it a dramatic, classical and exotic character.

GUITAR FRETBOARD

Standard tuning — E A D G B E — open through fret 24.

Direction

Speed

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Playback: The scale follows a practical two-octave route across nearby strings and frets. The note currently sounding turns bright white.

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Chord progression ideas

Key of C♯ / D♭

i – iv – V7 – i

C♯m → F♯m → G♯7 → C♯m

The major V7 chord highlights the raised seventh degree, the defining sound of harmonic minor.

i – ♭VI – V7 – i

C♯m → A → G♯7 → C♯m

A dramatic progression with a strong dominant pull back to the minor tonic.