C♯ minor scale
C♯ minor
- C♯R
- D♯2
- E♭3
- F♯4
- G♯5
- A♭6
- B♭7
Positions
How it is built
- Seven notes: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. The half steps fall between D♯–E and G♯–A.
- E is the flat third, the note that makes it minor. B is the flat seventh, a whole step below C♯, so the pull home is softer than in major.
- Same notes as E major. Raise B to B♯ for harmonic minor and the V chord turns major.