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Fig. 1 · F harmonic major · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

F harmonic major

F1G2A3B♭4C5D♭♭6E7

Major with a flattened sixth: the mirror of harmonic minor, and the reason a major key can borrow a minor subdominant.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · F harmonic major, 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

FWGWAHB♭WCHD♭W+HEHF

What is true of it

F harmonic major is F, G, A, B♭, C, D♭ and E, and back to F.

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

On the same tonic, F major differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 32 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmajorC7dominant seventhD♭dimdiminishedD♭augaugmentedEdimdiminishedFmajorFaugaugmentedFmaj7major seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on F

F majormajorF natural minorminorF harmonic minorminorF melodic minorminor

C harm majC♯ harm majD♭ harm majD harm majD♯ harm majE♭ harm majE harm majF♯ harm majall 374