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Main page The following is a list of musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale.
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Acoustic scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 whole tone minor
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Acoustic scale on C.

Aeolian mode or natural minor

Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 minor Phrygian Usual
scale
Aeolian on C.

Algerian scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 etc. variable

Algerian scale on C.

Alpha scale Play (helpinfo) 15.39

Altered scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 diminished whole tone

Altered scale on C.

Augmented scale Play (helpinfo) 1 3 3 5 5 7 6

Augmented scale on C.

Bebop dominant scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8

Bebop dominant scale on C.

Beta scale Play (helpinfo) 18.75

Blues scale Play (helpinfo) 1 3 4 5 5 7 6

Blues scale on C.

BohlenPierce scale Play (helpinfo)

1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7
Chromatic scale Play (helpinfo) 12
Chromatic scale on C. 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1

Delta scale Play (helpinfo) 85.7

Dorian mode Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 minor minor Usual

Dorian on C.

Double harmonic scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 harmonic harmonic Unusual

Double harmonic scale on C.

Enigmatic scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Unusual

Enigmatic scale on C.

EulerFokker genus Play (helpinfo) 6

Flamenco mode Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Phrygian Phrygian Unusual

Flamenco mode on C.

Gamma scale Play (helpinfo) 34.29

"Gypsy" scale[a] Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Gypsy Phrygian Unusual

"Gypsy" [sic] scale on C.

Half diminished scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 minor whole tone

 List of musical scales and modes
# of pitch Lower Upper Use of key signature usual or
Name Image Sound Degrees
classes tetrachord tetrachord unusual

Half diminished scale on C.

Harmonic major scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 major harmonic

Harmonic major scale on C.

Harmonic minor scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ()7 7 minor harmonic

Harmonic minor scale on C.

Harmonic Scale Play (helpinfo) 144

Harmonic scale chromatic on C.

Hexany

Hirajoshi scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 5 6 5

Hirajoshi scale on C.

Hungarian "Gypsy" scale[a] Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Gypsy harmonic Unusual

Hungarian "Gypsy"[sic] scale on C.

Hungarian minor scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Gypsy harmonic

Hungarian minor scale on C.

In scale Miyako-bushi scale on D, equivalent to Play (helpinfo) 1 2 4 5 6 5

in scale on D, with brackets on fourths.

Insen scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 4 5 7 5

Insen scale on C.

Ionian mode or major scale Play (helpinfo) 1234567 7 major major Usual

Ionian on C.

Istrian scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 5 6

Istrian mode on C.

Iwato scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 4 5 7 5

Iwato scale on C.

Locrian mode Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Phrygian whole tone Usual

Locrian on C.

Lydian augmented scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 whole tone diminished

Lydian augmented scale on C.

Lydian mode Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 whole tone major Usual

Lydian on C.

Major bebop scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 (5/6) 6 7 7(8)

Major bebop scale on C.

Major Locrian scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 major whole tone

Major Locrian scale C.

Major pentatonic scale Major pentatonic scale on C. Play (helpinfo) 12356 5 Usual

Melodic minor scale The A melodic minor scale, ascending Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 minor varies
and descending, on A.

Melodic minor scale (ascending) Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 minor major

Melodic minor scale ascending on A.

Minor pentatonic scale Minor pentatonic scale on A. Play (helpinfo) 1 3 4 5 7 5 Usual

 List of musical scales and modes
# of pitch Lower Upper Use of key signature usual or
Name Image Sound Degrees
classes tetrachord tetrachord unusual
Mixolydian mode or Adonai
Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 major minor Usual
malakh mode
Mixolydian on C.

Neapolitan major scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Phrygian major Unusual

Neapolitan major scale on C.

Neapolitan minor scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Phrygian harmonic Unusual

Neapolitan minor scale on C.

Non-Pythagorean scale Play (helpinfo)

1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7
Octatonic scale Play (helpinfo) 8
1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7

Octatonic scales on C.

Pelog Play (helpinfo)

Pelog approximated in Western notation.

Persian scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 harmonic unusual

Persian scale on C.

Phrygian dominant scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 harmonic Phrygian Unusual

Phrygian dominant on C.

Phrygian mode Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Phrygian Phrygian Usual

Phrygian on C.

Prometheus scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 6 7 6

Prometheus scale on C.

1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
6 6 6 7 7
Quarter tone scale Play (helpinfo) 24
Quarter tone scale C. 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 21

Scale of harmonics Play (helpinfo)

Scale of harmonics C.

Play (helpinfo) or
Slendro 5
Play (helpinfo)
Slendro on C compared to a whole tone
scale on C.

Tritone scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 5 5 7 6

Tritone scale on C.

Ukrainian Dorian scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 Gypsy minor Unusual

Ukrainian Dorian mode on C.

Whole tone scale Play (helpinfo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 6

Whole tone scale on C.

Yo scale Miny scale on D, equivalent to yo scale Play (helpinfo) 1 3 4 5 7 5

on D, with brackets on fourths.

See also [ edit ]

Bebop scale
Chord-scale system
Heptatonic scale
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

Notes [ edit ]

a. ^ a b "Gypsy" is considered a derogatory term for people who refer to themselves as Roma.
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