Guitar scale · exotic
F Persian Scale
1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7: double harmonic major with a lowered 5th. It contains the augmented 2nds of Double Harmonic Major.
Tap any note to hear it.
F Persian Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|-----------------------------1-2-5-| B|-------------------------2-5-------| G|-------------------2-3-4-----------| D|-------------2-3-4-----------------| A|-------1-2-4-----------------------| E|-1-2-5-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------5-6-7-| B|-----------------------5-6-7-------| G|-----------------3-4-6-------------| D|-----------3-4-7-------------------| A|-------4-7-------------------------| E|-5-6-7-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------5-6-7-9-| B|-------------------------6-7---------| G|---------------------6-9-------------| D|---------------7-8-9-----------------| A|---------7-8-9-----------------------| E|-5-6-7-9-----------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------9-12-| B|----------------------------10-11-12------| G|--------------------9-10-11---------------| D|-------------8-9-11-----------------------| A|------8-9-12------------------------------| E|-9-12-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------12-13-14-| B|----------------------------------11-12-14----------| G|-------------------------10-11-14-------------------| D|-------------------11-14----------------------------| A|----------12-13-14----------------------------------| E|-12-13-14-------------------------------------------|
How to play F Persian on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, ♭5, 7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 1–5. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | F |
| ♭2 | Gb |
| 3 | A |
| 4 | Bb |
| ♭5 | Cb |
| ♭6 | Db |
| 7 | E |
Chords in F Persian
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in F Persian; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | — | — | Tonic |
| ♭II | Gb | Gbmaj7 | Supertonic |
| III | — | — | Mediant |
| iv | Bbm | Bbm(maj7) | Subdominant |
| ♭V | — | — | Dominant |
| ♭VI+ | Dbaug | — | Submediant |
| VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Persian Scale?
- The F Persian Scale has 7 notes: F, Gb, A, Bb, Cb, Db, E.
- What chords are in the F Persian Scale?
- The chords of F Persian are Gb (♭II), Bbm (iv), Dbaug (♭VI+).
- What is the formula of the persian scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7, which is the step pattern H W+H H H W W+H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play F Persian on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.