Key of C# - All Scales - Theory Helper

Church Modes

C# Major (Ionian) Happy

Bright, uplifting, resolved

PopClassicalCountry

C# Ionian Happy

Bright, uplifting, resolved

C# Dorian Groovy

Minor but hopeful, jazzy

C# Phrygian Dark

Spanish, tense, exotic

MetalFlamencoDark Techno

C# Lydian Dreamy

Floating, ethereal, magical

FilmAmbientProgressive

C# Mixolydian Groovy

Bluesy major, rock feel

C# Aeolian (Natural Minor) Sad

Melancholic, emotional

C# Natural Minor Sad

Melancholic, emotional

C# Locrian Unstable

Dissonant, unresolved, dark

MetalExperimental

Minor Variants

C# Harmonic Minor Dramatic

Classical tension, exotic

ClassicalMetalTrance

C# Melodic Minor Sophisticated

Jazz minor, smooth

C# Phrygian Dominant Exotic

Middle Eastern, intense

MetalWorldPsytrance

C# Harmonic Major Bittersweet

Major with tension, classical

ClassicalJazzFilm

Pentatonic & Blues

C# Major Pentatonic Uplifting

Simple, folk, universal

PopCountryWorld

C# Minor Pentatonic Bluesy

Rock, blues foundation

RockBluesHip-Hop

C# Blues Scale Soulful

Gritty, expressive

Bebop Scales

C# Bebop Dominant Swinging

Jazz, chromatic passing tone

JazzBebopFusion

C# Bebop Major Swinging

Jazz, smooth chromatic

Symmetric Scales

C# Whole Tone Dreamy

Floating, impressionist

JazzFilmAmbient

C# Diminished (Whole-Half) Tense

Symmetrical, suspenseful

C# Diminished (Half-Whole) Tense

Dominant diminished, jazz

C# Augmented Unstable

Symmetrical, otherworldly

JazzExperimental

C# Chromatic Neutral

All 12 tones, atonal

ClassicalJazzExperimental

Jazz & Altered

C# Altered (Super Locrian) Tense

Dominant altered, dissonant

C# Lydian Dominant (Acoustic) Bright

Overtone series, natural

C# Lydian Augmented Ethereal

Bright and unstable

JazzProgressive

C# Lydian Diminished Mysterious

Minor with raised 4th

C# Locrian ♮6 Dark

Half-diminished sound

C# Major Locrian Unstable

Major with flat 5

JazzExperimental

C# Half Diminished (Locrian ♮2) Melancholic

Minor 7 flat 5 sound

Hungarian & Gypsy

C# Hungarian Minor Dramatic

Gypsy, theatrical

ClassicalMetalWorld

C# Hungarian Major Exotic

Bright gypsy sound

C# Gypsy Scale Passionate

Eastern European folk

C# Ukrainian Dorian Melancholic

Eastern European minor

Middle Eastern

C# Double Harmonic (Byzantine) Mysterious

Middle Eastern, ornate

WorldAmbientPsytrance

C# Arabic Mysterious

Middle Eastern, ornate

WorldAmbientPsytrance

C# Persian Exotic

Ancient Persian sound

WorldAmbientMetal

Neapolitan

C# Neapolitan Major Dramatic

Classical, romantic

C# Neapolitan Minor Dark

Classical tension

ClassicalMetalFilm

Japanese

C# Hirajoshi Melancholic

Japanese, haunting

AmbientWorldExperimental

C# In Sen Contemplative

Zen, minimalist

AmbientWorldLo-Fi

Dissonant Japanese

AmbientExperimental

C# Yo Scale Bright

Japanese folk, pentatonic

Exotic Scales

C# Enigmatic Mysterious

Unusual, ambiguous

FilmExperimental

C# Prometheus Mystical

Scriabin, whole tone variant

ClassicalAmbient

C# Tritone Tense

Symmetrical, unstable

JazzExperimental

C# Two-Semitone Tritone Dissonant

Cluster-based, modern

ExperimentalAvant-garde

C# Istrian Dark

Diminished, folk

WorldExperimental

C# Scale of Harmonics Natural

Overtone series based

AmbientExperimental

C# Pelog Ethereal

Indonesian gamelan