SCALE REFERENCE

C Bebop Dominant

C – D – E – F – G – A – B♭ – B1 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
C1D2E3F4G5A6B♭b7B7
NotesC, D, E, F, G, A, Bb, B
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
CDEFGABB♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGAB♭BCDEBBCDEFGAB♭BGGAB♭BCDEFGDDEFGAB♭BCDAAB♭BCDEFGAEEFGAB♭BCDE

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

357912AAB♭BCDEFGAEEFGAB♭BCDECCDEFGAB♭BCGGAB♭BCDEFG

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

Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural MinorC Harmonic MinorC Melodic MinorC DorianC PhrygianC LydianC MixolydianC Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C Major PentatonicC Minor PentatonicC BluesC Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Harmonic MajorC Phrygian DominantC Lydian DominantC Altered

Symmetric

C Whole ToneC Diminished (Whole–Half)C Diminished (Half–Whole)C Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C Hungarian MinorC Double Harmonic MajorC 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.