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Fig. 1 · F# altered · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

F♯ altered

F♯1G♭2A♭3B♭♭4C♭5D♭6E♭7

The seventh mode of melodic minor. Every degree above the tonic that can be altered, is.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♭ altered.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · F# altered, 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

F♯HGWAHB♭WCWDWEWF♯

What is true of it

F♯ altered is F♯, G, A, B♭, C, D and E, and back to F♯.

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

On the same tonic, F♯ Locrian 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 seventhDmajorDaugaugmentedD7dominant seventhEdimdiminishedEm7♭5half-diminished seventhF♯dimdiminished

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

Other scales on F♯

F♯ Phrygian dominantexoticF♯ Lydian dominantexoticF♯ double harmonicexoticF♯ majormajorF♯ natural minorminorF♯ harmonic minorminor

C altC♯ altD♭ altD altD♯ altE♭ altE altF altall 374