Guitar scale · exotic
C# Prometheus Scale
Six-note scale 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7. Also called the mystic scale.
Tap any note to hear it.
C# Prometheus 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|-----------------------------------9-11-13-| B|-----------------------------11-12---------| G|-----------------------10-12---------------| D|---------------9-11-13---------------------| A|---------10-13-----------------------------| E|-9-11-13-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------11-13-15-| B|-------------------------------12-14----------| G|-------------------------12-15----------------| D|----------------11-13-15----------------------| A|----------13-14-------------------------------| E|-11-13-15-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------13-15-| B|-------------------------------14-16-------| G|-------------------------15-16-------------| D|----------------13-15-17-------------------| A|-------13-14-16----------------------------| E|-13-15-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------18-19-| B|-------------------------------18-20-------| G|----------------------16-18-20-------------| D|----------------17-20----------------------| A|-------16-18-20----------------------------| E|-18-19-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------18-19-21-| B|----------------------------------20----------| G|-------------------------18-20-22-------------| D|-------------------20-21----------------------| A|----------18-20-22----------------------------| E|-18-19-21-------------------------------------|
How to play C# Prometheus on guitar
Find the root first: C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every C# on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, ♭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 9–13. 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.
C# Prometheus is also written Db Prometheus: Db Eb F G Bb Cb. The frets are the same; under that name every note keeps its own letter, with no double sharps or flats.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | C# |
| 2 | D# |
| 3 | E# |
| ♯4 | G |
| 6 | A# |
| ♭7 | B |
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- What notes are in the C# Prometheus Scale?
- The C# Prometheus Scale has 6 notes: C#, D#, E#, G, A#, B.
- What is the formula of the prometheus scale?
- 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W W W W+H H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play C# Prometheus on the guitar?
- The root C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 9–13, and four more positions connect it up the neck.