REFERENCE

SCALE LIBRARY

Every scale in every key — the notes and degrees, the interval pattern, piano and guitar positions, and the diatonic chords and progressions each key gives you.

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MOST USEDC major MOST USEDA minor GUITARG major SOLOINGE minor pentatonic BLUESA blues MODALD dorian
Core scales & modes

Major Ionian

CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B

Natural Minor Aeolian

CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B

Harmonic Minor

CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B

Melodic Minor Jazz Minor

CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B

Dorian

CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭B

Phrygian

CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B

Lydian

CD♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B

Mixolydian

CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B

Locrian

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
Pentatonic & blues

Major Pentatonic

CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B

Minor Pentatonic

CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B

Blues Minor Blues

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B

Major Blues

CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭B
Jazz & altered

Harmonic Major

CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B

Phrygian Dominant Spanish Gypsy

CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B

Lydian Dominant Lydian b7

CD♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B

Altered Super Locrian

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B

Bebop Dominant

CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
Symmetric

Whole Tone

CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B

Diminished (Whole–Half) Octatonic

CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B

Diminished (Half–Whole) Dominant Diminished

CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B

Augmented Scale Symmetrical Augmented

CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
World & exotic

Hungarian Minor Gypsy Minor

CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B

Double Harmonic Major Byzantine

CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B

Neapolitan Minor

CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
COMMON QUESTIONS

Which scale should I learn first?

The major scale, then the natural minor and the two pentatonic scales. Those four cover most pop, rock, blues and folk melodies. Modes and the harmonic and melodic minor scales come next.

What is the difference between a mode and a scale?

A mode is a scale started from a different degree of a parent scale. D Dorian uses the same seven notes as C major but centres on D, which gives it a minor colour with a bright sixth.

What is on each scale page?

The notes and formula of the scale on that root, its piano and guitar positions, the chords built on each degree and common progressions in the key. If you have notes and want to know the scale, use the Scale Finder instead.

Related

Chord library · Scale & Chord Finder · Circle of Fifths · Music guides