SCALE REFERENCE

A Bebop Dominant

A – B – C♯ – D – E – F♯ – G – G♯1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7

Mixolydian with a chromatic passing note between the b7 and the root — the extra note keeps chord tones landing on the beat in a running eighth-note line.

Notes & degrees
A1B2C♯3D4E5F♯6Gb7G♯7
NotesA, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, G#
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
ABDEGC♯F♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GG♯ABC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯GG♯ABGGG♯ABC♯DEF♯GDDEF♯GG♯ABC♯DAABC♯DEF♯GG♯AEEF♯GG♯ABC♯DE

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABC♯DEF♯GG♯AEEF♯GG♯ABC♯DECC♯DEF♯GG♯ABGGG♯ABC♯DEF♯G

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Other scales on A

Core scales & modes

A MajorA Natural MinorA Harmonic MinorA Melodic MinorA DorianA PhrygianA LydianA MixolydianA Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

A Major PentatonicA Minor PentatonicA BluesA Major Blues

Jazz & altered

A Harmonic MajorA Phrygian DominantA Lydian DominantA Altered

Symmetric

A Whole ToneA Diminished (Whole–Half)A Diminished (Half–Whole)A Augmented Scale

World & exotic

A Hungarian MinorA Double Harmonic MajorA Neapolitan Minor
Bebop Dominant on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.