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F harmonic minor scale

It has 7 notes: F G Ab Bb C Db E. Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7.

Degree12♭345♭67
NoteFGAbBbCDbE

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Position 1Open position, frets 0–4 · root F
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 0 (7), 1 (1), 3 (2), 4 (b3)
  • B: 1 (5), 2 (b6)
  • G: 0 (2), 1 (b3), 3 (4)
  • D: 2 (7), 3 (1)
  • A: 1 (4), 3 (5), 4 (b6)
  • E: 0 (7), 1 (1), 3 (2), 4 (b3)
3 notes per string, from the rootFrets 1–6 · root F
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 3 (2), 4 (b3), 6 (4)
  • B: 2 (b6), 5 (7), 6 (1)
  • G: 1 (b3), 3 (4), 5 (5)
  • D: 2 (7), 3 (1), 5 (2)
  • A: 1 (4), 3 (5), 4 (b6)
  • E: 1 (1), 3 (2), 4 (b3)
Position 2Frets 2–6 · root F
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 3 (2), 4 (b3), 6 (4)
  • B: 2 (b6), 5 (7), 6 (1)
  • G: 3 (4), 5 (5)
  • D: 2 (7), 3 (1), 5 (2), 6 (b3)
  • A: 3 (5), 4 (b6)
  • E: 3 (2), 4 (b3), 6 (4)
Position 3Frets 4–8 · root F
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (b3), 6 (4), 8 (5)
  • B: 5 (7), 6 (1), 8 (2)
  • G: 5 (5), 6 (b6)
  • D: 5 (2), 6 (b3), 8 (4)
  • A: 4 (b6), 7 (7), 8 (1)
  • E: 4 (b3), 6 (4), 8 (5)
Position 4Frets 7–11 · root F
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 8 (5), 9 (b6)
  • B: 8 (2), 9 (b3), 11 (4)
  • G: 9 (7), 10 (1)
  • D: 8 (4), 10 (5), 11 (b6)
  • A: 7 (7), 8 (1), 10 (2), 11 (b3)
  • E: 8 (5), 9 (b6)
Position 5Frets 9–13 · root F
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 9 (b6), 12 (7), 13 (1)
  • B: 9 (b3), 11 (4), 13 (5)
  • G: 9 (7), 10 (1), 12 (2)
  • D: 10 (5), 11 (b6)
  • A: 10 (2), 11 (b3), 13 (4)
  • E: 9 (b6), 12 (7), 13 (1)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

This scale in other keys

Other scales in F

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