C♯ Harmonic Minor Scale: Notes, Chords, and How to Play It

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

The C♯ harmonic minor scale is a richly coloured key that appears in dramatic classical and Romantic-era works — most famously in Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata.” It differs from C♯ natural minor by raising the seventh degree from B to B♯, creating the leading tone and the characteristic augmented second. B♯ is enharmonically equivalent to C — they sound identical, but B♯ is the correct spelling to preserve the scale’s letter-name structure.

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C♯ Harmonic Minor Scale: Notes, Chords, and How to Play It