F# Major Chord Scale, Chords in The Key of F Sharp Major

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The F# major chord scale is a set of chords that are all in the F sharp major key, and is a perfect scale to invoke emotions like cruelty & hardship. This article will cover the F sharp major chord scale in-depth, how it differs from other scales, and why that’s important to know. The F sharp major scale is also the same as the G flat major scale.

What Chords Are in The F Sharp Major Scale?

To work out the chords in the F sharp major scale, you first need to understand what notes make up the F sharp major scale.

The F sharp major scale consists of:

Now you have the notes of the F sharp major scale, you can start to use chord scale formulas to work out the series of chords in the key of F sharp major. Every note in the scale will have a different chord that’s either: Major, Minor, or Diminished.

The major & minor chord scale formulas are:

Because the key of F sharp is a major key, you want to make sure to use the major chord scale formula, which is: Major Minor Minor Major Major Minor Diminished. You can plug this in to every note in the F sharp major scale to find the chord for that note.

Therefore the F# major chord scale (or Gb major scale) consists of:

To play each chord, you can play them in their natural triad positions. If you don’t know how to do this yet, then you can use chord spellings to work out what makes up each chord.

The most common chord spellings are:

• Major – 1, 3, 5
• Minor – 1, b3, 5
• Diminished – 1, b3, b5
• Augmented – 1, 3, #5

So let’s take the 3rd chord as an example. Seeing as it’s an A# minor chord, you’ll want to use the minor spelling (1, b3, 5) listed above, but use the A# major scale.

If you’re building chords from Gb major, and were to take the same chord (3rd), you would have Bb major, meaning you would use the Bb major scale and the major spelling.

So, let’s take the A# minor example. We’ll take the A# major scale, count the 1 note (A#), then the 3 note and move it a semi-tone down (C#), then the 5 note (F).

Chords In The Key of F Sharp Major

You’ll find all the chords in the F sharp major scale above. You can use these chords in any sequence to create basic chord progressions that sound good, in the key of F sharp major.

If you want to sound a bit more professional, you can use more advanced techniques like – adding extensions, bass notes and inversions. We cover this extensively in our Piano Chord Poster PDF guide, which comes with every purchase of a poster.

What Notes Are in The Chords of The F Sharp Major Scale?

Once you know the notes in the F sharp major scale, it’s important to know what notes make up each chord.

1. F# major – F#, A#, C#
2. G# minor – G#, B, D#
3. A# minor – A#, C#, E#
4. B major – B, D#, F#
5. C# major – C#, E#, G#
6. D# minor – D#, F#, A#
7. E# diminished – E#, G#, B

Chords in The Key of G Flat Major

The F sharp major scale is the same as the G flat major scale. They are labelled different keys, but the chords and notes that make up the scale are the exact same. However, it’s important to note that the notation is entirely different.

So, if you have something written in G flat major, the notation will be entirely different from something written in F sharp major. But, they essentially use the same framework and are in the same key as each other.

Common Chord Progressions in F Sharp Major

Once you know the chord scale, you can start to implement chord progressions into them. You can use these already built chord progressions to help kickstart your melody building process.

To use the progressions, all you do is, replace the Roman numerals on the charts above, with the corresponding numbers on the chord scale sheet. You can use these progressions with any chord scale.

Anything with a 6, 7, 9 after it, is an extension chord, lowercase = minor, and uppercase = major.

Here’s the complete list of common chord progressions in F sharp Major:

• I–V–vi–IV
• V–vi–IV–I
• vi–IV–I–V
• IV–I–V–vi