G# Minor scale
G sharp Minor scale for guitar presented by diagram.
The G# Minor is a seven-note scale, also called Natural G# Minor. Colored circles mark the tones in the diagram, with darker color highlighting the root notes. The root notes are always G# tones. In the two-octave pattern, the first root note is on the 6th string, 4th fret.
G# Minor 2 octaves

G# Minor full fretboard

G# Minor with note names

The scale displayed with its numeric formula, intervals and scale degrees.
Formula | Notes | Intervals | Degrees |
---|---|---|---|
1 | G# | Unison | Tonic |
2 | A# | Major second | Supertonic |
b3 | B | Minor third | Mediant |
4 | C# | Perfect fourth | Subdominant |
5 | D# | Perfect fifth | Dominant |
b6 | E | Minor sixth | Submediant |
b7 | F# | Minor seventh | Subtonic |
The G sharp Minor scale consists of seven notes. These can be described as intervals, as semi-notes or steps on the guitar fingerboard, written as 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 from the first note to the next octave.
The G# Minor is relative to B Major. Both scales include the same notes but their tonal center differ.
The G# Minor is identical with the G# Aeolian mode.
Beneficial to learn this scale is to observe the note steps starting from the root: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. The same formula applies for the whole neck.
These are chords built from the notes of this scale:
G#m, G#m7, G#m9, G#m11 |
A#dim, A#m7b5 |
B, Bmaj7, B6, B6/9, Bmaj9, Bmaj13 |
C#m, C#m7, C#m6, C#m9, C#m11, C#m13 |
D#m, D#m7 |
E, Emaj7, E6, E6/9, Emaj9 |
F#, F#7, F#6, F#9, F#11, F#13 |
The tones in these chords correspond to the tones of the G# Minor scale.
Start the audio and play along! Use notes from the scale in the diagram above.
Normal tempo: