C♯ Chromatic Scale
The C♯ Chromatic scale contains 12 notes: C♯, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B♭, B, C.
C♯ Chromatic scale on the piano
حقائق أساسية
- Scale type
- Chromatic
- Number of notes
- 12
- الصيغة
- H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H
What is the Chromatic scale?
The chromatic scale contains all twelve notes of Western music, each a half step apart. It is not a key of its own but the raw material every other scale is drawn from, and it is used for passing tones and for technique practice.
C♯ Chromatic is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of C♯ Chromatic
| الدرجة | النغمة | البُعد | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C♯ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | D | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | E♭ | M2 | 2 |
| 4 | E | m3 | 3 |
| 5 | F | M3 | 4 |
| 6 | G♭ | P4 | 5 |
| 7 | G | TT | 6 |
| 8 | A♭ | P5 | 7 |
| 9 | A | m6 | 8 |
| 10 | B♭ | M6 | 9 |
| 11 | B | m7 | 10 |
| 12 | C | M7 | 11 |
Other scales on C♯
Every scale type that starts on C♯, for comparison.
- C♯ major
- C♯ Dorian
- C♯ Phrygian
- C♯ Lydian
- C♯ Mixolydian
- C♯ Locrian
- C♯ Harmonic Minor
- C♯ Melodic Minor
- C♯ Harmonic Major
- C♯ Hungarian Minor
- C♯ Phrygian Dominant
- C♯ Lydian Dominant
- C♯ Major Pentatonic
- C♯ Minor Pentatonic
- C♯ Blues
- C♯ Whole Tone
- C♯ Half-Whole Diminished
- C♯ Whole-Half Diminished
- C♯ Bebop Dominant
- C♯ Bebop Major
Chromatic in every key
الأسئلة الشائعة
What notes are in the C♯ Chromatic scale?
The C♯ Chromatic scale has 12 notes: C♯, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B♭, B, C.
What is the formula for the C♯ Chromatic scale?
The C♯ Chromatic scale follows the step pattern H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
