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Fig. 1 · C# major · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C♯ major

C♯1D♯2E♯3F♯4G♯5A♯6B♯7

The seven-note scale everything else is measured against: two whole steps, a half, three whole steps, a half.

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

on guitaron pianothe key signature

Written out

Fig. 2 · C# major, 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

C♯WD♯WE♯HF♯WG♯WA♯WB♯HC♯

What is true of it

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

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

It costs 7 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

On the same tonic, C♯ melodic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 29 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯majorC♯maj7major seventhD♯mminorD♯m7minor seventhF♯majorF♯maj7major seventhG♯majorG♯7dominant seventh

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

Other scales on C♯

C♯ harmonic majormajorC♯ natural minorminorC♯ harmonic minorminorC♯ melodic minorminor

C majD majD♯ majE♭ majE majF majF♯ majG♭ majall 374