eBGDAE 123456789101112131415 E F G A A# C D E F G A A# C D E F G A A# C D E F G A A# C D E F G A A# C D E F G A A# C D E F G A A# C D E F G A A# C D E F G

F Major Scale

The F major scale has a warm, pastoral quality with one flat. Common in folk and classical guitar, it's closely related to C major and often used in progressions that move between the two keys.

Also known as

  • F Ionian

Formula

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Notes

FGAA#CDE

Diatonic Chords

These chords are built from the notes of the F Major scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.

Explore this scale on the interactive fretboard tool