ukulele scale
F♯ minor pentatonic
F♯1A♭3B4C♯5E♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♭ minor pentatonic.
Written out
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♯W+HAWBWC♯W+HEWF♯
What is true of it
F♯ minor pentatonic is F♯, A, B, C♯ and E, and back to F♯.
Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 22 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on F♯
F♯ major pentatonicpentatonicF♯ bluespentatonicF♯ major bluespentatonicF♯ majormajorF♯ natural minorminorF♯ harmonic minorminor
C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentD♯ min pentE♭ min pentE min pentF min pentall 374