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|-----------------------------2-3-6-| B|-------------------------3-6-------| G|-------------------3-4-5-----------| D|-------------3-4-5-----------------| A|-------2-3-5-----------------------| E|-2-3-6-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------6-7-8-| B|-----------------------6-7-8-------| G|-----------------4-5-7-------------| D|-----------4-5-8-------------------| A|-------5-8-------------------------| E|-6-7-8-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------6-7-8-10-| B|-----------------------------7-8----------| G|------------------------7-10--------------| D|-----------------8-9-10-------------------| A|----------8-9-10--------------------------| E|-6-7-8-10---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------10-13-| B|--------------------------------11-12-13-------| G|-----------------------10-11-12----------------| D|---------------9-10-12-------------------------| A|-------9-10-13---------------------------------| E|-10-13-----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------13-14-15-| B|----------------------------------12-13-15----------| G|-------------------------11-12-15-------------------| D|-------------------12-15----------------------------| A|----------13-14-15----------------------------------| E|-13-14-15-------------------------------------------|
How to play F# Persian on guitar
Find the root first: F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 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 2–6. 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 | G |
| 3 | A# |
| 4 | B |
| ♭5 | C |
| ♭6 | D |
| 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 | G | Gmaj7 | Supertonic |
| III | — | — | Mediant |
| iv | Bm | Bm(maj7) | Subdominant |
| ♭V | — | — | Dominant |
| ♭VI+ | Daug | — | 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#, G, A#, B, C, D, E#.
- What chords are in the F# Persian Scale?
- The chords of F# Persian are G (♭II), Bm (iv), Daug (♭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 2 on the low E string and fret 9 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 2–6, and four more positions connect it up the neck.