C# scales

Bass guitar scales with C# as the root note.
Choose from the categories below for fingerboard diagrams and supplementary information.

C# Major C# Minor C# Melodic Minor C# Harmonic Minor C# Major Pentatonic C# Minor Pentatonic C# Ionian C# Dorian C# Phrygian C# Lydian C# Mixolydian C# Aeolian C# Locrian

Explanations

Major - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The C# Major scale are connected to the key of C# (C sharp), they contain the same notes.
Minor - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The C# Minor scale are connected to the key of C# Minor (C sharp Minor), they contain the same notes. C# Minor is sometimes written as C#m in shortened form. Sometimes written as Natural Minor to distinguish it from other Minor scale categories.
Melodic Minor - This minor scale differs from the Natural Minor by containing one instead of three flattened notes.
Harmonic Minor - This minor scale differs from the Natural Minor by containing two instead of three flattened notes.
Major Pentatonic - A five-notes scale based on the Major scale, but without the 4th and the 7th intervals.
Minor Pentatonic - A five-notes scale based on the Minor scale, but without the 2nd and the 6th intervals.
Ionian - The first mode of the Major scale.
Dorian - The second mode of the Major scale.
Phrygian - The third mode of the Major scale.
Lydian - The fourth mode of the Major scale.
Mixolydian - The fifth mode of the Major scale.
Aeolian - The sixth mode of the Major scale.
Locrian - The seventh mode of the Major scale.