3#4#5#612
Fig. 1 · C# whole tone on the keyboard

piano scale

C♯ whole tone

C♯1D♯2E♯3F𝄪♯4G𝄪♯5A𝄪♯6

Six notes, every step a whole one. There are only two of these scales in all, and every note can be heard as the tonic.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♭ whole tone.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · C# whole tone, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

C♯WD♯WE♯WF𝄪WG𝄪WA𝄪WC♯

What is true of it

C♯ whole tone is C♯, D♯, E♯, F𝄪, G𝄪 and A𝄪, and back to C♯.

Its steps are W – W – W – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 9 alterations, F𝄪, G𝄪 and A𝄪 among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯augaugmentedD♯augaugmented

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on C♯

C♯ diminished (whole–half)symmetricC♯ diminished (half–whole)symmetricC♯ majormajorC♯ natural minorminorC♯ harmonic minorminor

C w.t.D w.t.D♯ w.t.E♭ w.t.E w.t.F w.t.F♯ w.t.G♭ w.t.all 374