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Fig. 1 · F# major blues · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

F♯ major blues

F♯1G♯2A♭3A♯3C♯5D♯6

Major pentatonic with a flattened third added next to the third — the two live side by side rather than replacing each other.

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

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · F# major blues, 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♯WG♯HAHA♯W+HC♯WD♯W+HF♯

What is true of it

F♯ major blues is F♯, G♯, A, A♯, C♯ and D♯, and back to F♯.

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

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 25 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

D♯mminorD♯dimdiminishedD♯m7minor seventhD♯m7♭5half-diminished seventhF♯majorF♯mminor

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

Other scales on F♯

F♯ major pentatonicpentatonicF♯ minor pentatonicpentatonicF♯ bluespentatonicF♯ majormajorF♯ natural minorminorF♯ harmonic minorminor

C maj bluesC♯ maj bluesD♭ maj bluesD maj bluesD♯ maj bluesE♭ maj bluesE maj bluesF maj bluesall 374