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    C sharp Leading whole tone

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    Images for the C♯ Leading whole tone scale

    Which intervals and notes are in the C sharp Leading whole tone scale?

    Intervals from the tonic that build this scale step by step.

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    Guitar scale for C sharp Leading whole tone in position 0
    IntervalsemitonesNote
    Perfect unison0C♯
    Major second2D♯
    Major third4E♯
    Augmented fourth6F𝄪
    Augmented fifth8G𝄪
    Minor seventh10B
    Major seventh11B♯
    NameAliasesDifficulty
    C sharp Whole tonemessiaen's mode #1Easy
    C sharp Whole tone pentatonic-Easy
    C sharp Lydian sharp fifth pentatonic-Guru
    NameAliasesDifficulty
    C sharp Whole tonemessiaen's mode #1Easy
    C sharp Whole tone pentatonic-Easy
    C sharp Lydian sharp fifth pentatonic-Guru
    NameAliasesDifficulty
    C sharp Augmentedaug, +, +5, ^#5Beginner
    C sharp Dominant ninth flat fifth9b5Easy
    C sharp Major ninth flat fifthM9b5Easy
    C sharp Dominant seventh no fifth7no5Intermediate
    C sharp Dominant ninth sharp fifth9#5, 9+Intermediate
    9#5#11Intermediate
    9no5Intermediate
    M7b5Intermediate
    maj9#5, Maj9#5Intermediate
    M7b6, ^7b6Intermediate
    9b13Intermediate
    7b13Intermediate
    maj7#5, maj7+5, +maj7, ^7#5Expert
    7b5Expert
    7#5, +7, 7+, 7aug, aug7Guru
    Mb5Guru
    M#5add9, +add9Guru
    C sharp Dominant ninth sharp fifth sharp eleventh
    C sharp Ninth no fifth
    C sharp Major seventh flat fifth
    C sharp Major ninth sharp fifth
    C sharp Major seventh flat sixth
    C sharp Dominant ninth flat thirteenth
    C sharp Dominant seventh flat thirteenth
    C sharp Major seventh sharp fifth
    C sharp Dominant seventh flat fifth
    C sharp Dominant seventh sharp fifth
    C sharp Major flat fifth
    C sharp Major sharp fifth add ninth