The following is a list of musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale.

+ List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound JSID (Pitch-Class Membership) Degrees IntervalsInteger notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord 15 equal temperament — — — 15 — — 16 equal temperament — — — 16 — — 17 equal temperament — — — 17 — — 19 equal temperament — — — 19 — — 21 equal temperament — — — 21 — — Acoustic scale/Lydian dominant scale 2742 (101010110110) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-W-W-H-W-H-W (0,2,4,6,7,9,10) 7 Lydian Minor Aeolian mode/natural minor scale 2906 (101101011010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-W-W-H-W-W (0,2,3,5,7,8,10) 7 Minor Phrygian Algerian scale 2873/2880 (101100110101/ 101101000000) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 etc. W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H-W-H-W (0,2,3,6,7,8,11,12,14,15,17) Variable — — Alpha scale — — — — 15.39 — — Altered scale/Super Locrian scale 3498 (110110101010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-W-H-W-W-W-W (0,1,3,4,6,8,10) 7 Locrian Lydian Augmented scale 2457 (100110011001) 1 3 3 5 5 7 3H-H-3H-H-3H-H (0,3,4,7,8,11) 6 — Harmonic Bebop dominant scale 2775 (101011010111) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 W-W-H-W-W-H-H-H (0,2,4,5,7,9,10,11) 8 Major Chromatic Beta scale — — — — 18.75 — — Blues scale 2418 (100101110010) 1 3 4 5 5 7 3H-W-H-H-3H-W (0,3,5,6,7,10) 6 Blues #1 Blues #2 Bohlen–Pierce scale — — — — — — — Chromatic scale 4095 (111111111111) 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 77 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11) 12 Chromatic Chromatic Delta scale — — — — 85.7 — — Dorian mode 2902 (101101010110) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-W-W-W-H-W (0,2,3,5,7,9,10) 7 Minor Minor Double harmonic scale 3289 (110011011001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-3H-H-W-H-3H-H (0,1,4,5,7,8,11) 7 Harmonic Harmonic Enigmatic scale 3243 (110010101011) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-3H-W-W-W-H-H (0,1,4,6,8,10,11) 7 Blues #1 Mixolydian Blues Euler–Fokker genus — — — 6 — — Gamma scale — — — — 34.29 — — "Gypsy" scale 2874 (101100111010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-3H-H-H-W-W (0,2,3,6,7,8,10) 7 Gypsy Phrygian Half diminished scale 2922 (101101101010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-W-H-W-W-W (0,2,3,5,6,8,10) 7 Minor Lydian Harmonic major scale 2777 (101011011001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-W-H-W-H-3H-H (0,2,4,5,7,8,11) 7 Major Harmonic Harmonic minor scale 2905 (101101011001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ()7 W-H-W-W-H-3H-H (0,2,3,5,7,8,11) 7 Minor Harmonic Harmonic scale — — — 12 — — Hirajōshi scale 2225 (100010110001) 1 3 4 5 7 2W-W-H-2W-H (0,4,6,7,11) 5 — — Hungarian "Gypsy" scale/Hungarian minor scale 2873 (101100111001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H (0,2,3,6,7,8,11) 7 Gypsy Harmonic Hungarian major scale 2486 (100110110110) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3H-H-W-H-W-H-W (0,3,4,6,7,9,10) 7 — Minor In scale 3160 (110001011000) 1 2 4 5 6 H-2W-W-H-2W (0,1,5,7,8) 5 — — Insen scale 3154 (110001010010) 1 2 4 5 7 H-2W-W-3H-W (0,1,5,7,10) 5 — — Ionian mode/major scale 2773 (101011010101) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-W-H-W-W-W-H (0,2,4,5,7,9,11) 7 Major Major Istrian scale 3504 (110110110000) 1 2 3 4 5 5 H-W-H-W-H-5H (0,1,3,4,6,7) 6 Locrian — Iwato scale 3170 (110001100010) 1 2 4 5 7 H-2W-H-2W-W (0,1,5,6,10) 5 — — Locrian mode 3434 (110101101010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-W-W-H-W-W-W (0,1,3,5,6,8,10) 7 Phrygian Lydian Locrian ♮6 — — 3430 (110101100110) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-W-W-H-3H-H-W (0,1,3,5,6,9,10) 7 Phrygian – Lydian augmented scale 2733 (101010101101) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-W-W-W-H-W-H (0,2,4,6,8,9,11) 7 Lydian Locrian Lydian diminished scale — 2869 (101100110101) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-3H-H-W-W-H (0,2,3,6,7,9,11) 7 Gypsy Major Lydian mode 2741 (101010110101) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-W-W-H-W-W-H (0,2,4,6,7,9,11) 7 Lydian Major Major bebop scale 2781 (101011011101) 1 2 3 4 5 (5/6) 6 7 W-W-H-W-(H-H)-W-H (0,2,4,5,7,(8),9,11) 7(8) Major Locrian Major Locrian scale 2794 (101011101010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-W-H-H-W-W-W (0,2,4,5,6,8,10) 7 Major Lydian Major pentatonic scale 2708 (101010010100) 1 2 3 5 6 W-W-3H-W-3H (0,2,4,7,9) 5 — — Melodic minor scale 2901\2906 (101101010101\101101011010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 W-H-W-W-W-W-H (ascending) W-W-H-W-W-H-W (descending) (0,2,3,5,7,9,11) (ascending) (12,10,8,7,5,3,2) (descending) 9 Minor (ascending) Major (descending) Major (ascending) Minor (descending) Melodic minor scale (ascending)/Hawaiian scale 2901 (101101010101) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-W-W-W-W-H (0,2,3,5,7,9,11) 7 Minor Major Minor pentatonic scale 2386 (100101010010) 1 3 4 5 7 3H-W-W-3H-W (0,3,5,7,10) 5 — — Mixolydian mode/Adonai malakh mode 2774 (101011010110) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-W-H-W-W-H-W (0,2,4,5,7,9,10) 7 Major Minor Neapolitan major scale 3413 (110101010101) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-W-W-W-W-W-H (0,1,3,5,7,9,11) 7 Phrygian Major Neapolitan minor scale 3417 (110101011001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-W-W-W-H-3H-H (0,1,3,5,7,8,11) 7 Phrygian Harmonic Non-Pythagorean scale — — — — — — — Octatonic scale 2925 (101101101101) 3510 (110110110110) 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-W-H-W-H-W-H H-W-H-W-H-W-H-W (0,2,3,5,6,8,9,11) (0,1,3,4,6,7,9,10) 8 Minor Lydian Lydian Minor Pelog — — — — — — Persian scale 3305 (110011101001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-3H-H-H-W-3H-H (0,1,4,5,6,8,11) 7 Harmonic — Phrygian dominant scale 3290 (110011011010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-3H-H-W-H-W-W (0,1,4,5,7,8,10) 7 Lydian Phrygian Phrygian mode 3418 (110101011010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H-W-W-W-H-W-W (0,1,3,5,7,8,10) 7 Phrygian Phrygian Prometheus scale 2726 (101010100110) 1 2 3 4 6 7 W-W-W-3H-H-W (0,2,4,6,9,10) 6 Harmonic — Quarter tone scale 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q (0,1/2,1,3/2,2,5/2,3,7/2,4,9/2,5,11/2,6,13/2,7,15/2,8,17/2,9,19/2,10,21/2,11,23/2) 24 — — Scale of harmonics 2516 (100111010100) 1 3 3 4 5 6 3H-H-H-W-W-3H (0,3,4,5,7,9) 6 — — Slendro or — — — 5 — — Tritone scale 3250 (110010110010) 1 2 3 5 5 7 H-3H-W-H-3H-W (0,1,4,6,7,10) 6 — — Two-semitone tritone scale 3640 (111000111000) 1 2 2 4 5 6 H-H-2W-H-H-2W (0,1,2,6,7,8) 6 — — Ukrainian Dorian scale 2870 (101100110110) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-H-3H-H-W-H-W (0,2,3,6,7,9,10) 7 Gypsy Minor Vietnamese scale of harmonics 1 3 3 3 4 5 5Q-Q-H-H-W (0,5/2,3,4,5,7) 6 — — Whole tone scale 2730 (101010101010) 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-W-W-W-W-W (0,2,4,6,8,10) 6 Lydian Lydian Yo scale 2644 (101001010100) 1 2 4 5 6 W-3H-W-W-3H (0,2,5,7,9) 5 — —

Tetrachords Semitones Letters Blues #1 3 2 1 3H-W-H Blues #2 1 3 2 H-3H-W Chromatic 1 1 1 H-H-H Chromatic (Greek) 1 1 3 H-H-3H Diminished/Locrian 1 2 1 H-W-H Gypsy 2 1 3 W-H-3H Harmonic 1 3 1 H-3H-H Lydian/Whole tone 2 2 2 W-W-W Major/Dominant 2 2 1 W-W-H Minor/Dorian 2 1 2 W-H-W Mixolydian Blues 2 1 1 W-H-H Phrygian 1 2 2 H-W-W

See also

Bebop scale Chord-scale system Flamenco mode Heptatonic scale Hexany Jazz scale List of chord progressions List of chords List of musical intervals List of pitch intervals Arabian maqam Modes of limited transposition Symmetric scale Synthetic modes Tetrachord Heptachord

References

External links A free Android app with scales & building chords for the scales A Study Of Scales Alternativescales. A free online app to explore Alternative Scales and Matching Chords with printable diagrams for Guitar and Piano