guitar scale
F♯ major pentatonic
F♯1G♯2A♯3C♯5D♯6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♭ major 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♯WG♯WA♯W+HC♯WD♯W+HF♯
What is true of it
F♯ major pentatonic is F♯, G♯, A♯, C♯ and D♯, and back to F♯.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 30 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♯ minor pentatonicpentatonicF♯ bluespentatonicF♯ major bluespentatonicF♯ majormajorF♯ natural minorminorF♯ harmonic minorminor
C maj pentC♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentall 374