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List of musical scales and modes

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The following is a list of musical scales and modes.

List of musical scales and modes Sound Degrees # of Lower Upper pitch tetrachord tetrachord classes Usual or unusual key signature

Name

Image

17 equal temperament

Play

17

Acoustic scale
Acoustic scale on C.

Play

1 2 3 !4 7 5 6 "7

whole tone Dorian

Adonai malakh mode

Adonai malakh mode on C.

Play

12345 "6 "7

Lydian

Phrygian

Unusual

Aeolian mode or natural minor scale

Aeolian on C.

Play

1 2 "3 4 7 5 "6 "7

Dorian

Phrygian

Usual

Algerian scale
Algerian scale on C.

variable

Alpha scale

Play

15.39

Altered scale
Altered scale on C.

1 "2 "3 Play "4 "5 7 "6 "7

whole tone

Augmented scale
Augmented scale on C.

Play

1 "3 3 5 6 !5 7

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Bebop dominant scale

Bebop dominant scale on C.

Play

12345 6 "7 7

Beta scale

Play

18.75

Blues scale
Blues scale on C.

Play

1 "3 4 6 !4 5 "7

Bohlen-Pierce scale

Play

Chromatic scale
Chromatic scale on C.

1 !1 2 !2 3 4 !4 5 !5 6 !6 7 Play 12 7 "7 6 "6 5 "5 4 3 "3 2 "2 1 Play 85.7

Delta scale

Dorian mode
Dorian on C.

Play

1 2 "3 4 7 5 6 "7

Dorian

Dorian

Usual

Double harmonic scale

Double harmonic scale on C.

Play

1 "2 3 4 7 5 "6 7

Mixolydian Unusual

Enigmatic scale
Enigmatic scale on C.

1 "2 3 Play !4 !5 !6 7

Unusual

EulerFokker genus

Play

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Flamenco mode
Flamenco mode on C.

Play

1 "2 3 4 7 5 "6 7

Phrygian

Phrygian

Unusual

Gamma scale

Play

34.29

Gypsy scale
Gypsy scale on C.

1 2 "3 Play !4 5 "6 7 "7

Phrygian

Unusual

Half diminished scale

Half diminished scale on C.

1 2 "3 4 Play "5 "6 7 "7

whole tone

Harmonic major scale

Harmonic major scale on C.

Play

12345 "6 7

Lydian

Mixolydian

Harmonic minor scale

Harmonic minor scale on C.

1 2 "3 4 Play 5 "6 7 ( )7

Dorian

Mixolydian

Harmonic Scale Hexany Hirajoshi scale

144

1 2 "3 5 "6

Hungarian gypsy scale

Hungarian gypsy scale on C.

1 2 "3 Play !4 5 "6 7 7

Mixolydian Unusual

Hungarian minor scale

1 ?2 "3 !4 5 "6 7 7

Mixolydian

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In scale

Miyako-bushi scale on D, equivalent to in scale on D, with brackets on fourths.

Play

1 "2 4 5 5 "6

Insen scale

Ionian mode or major scale

Ionian on C.

Play

12345 67

Lydian

Lydian

Usual

Istrian scale Iwato scale

Locrian mode
Locrian on C.

1 "2 "3 Play 4 "5 "6 7 "7

Phrygian

whole tone Usual

Lydian augmented scale

Lydian augmented scale on C.

Play

1 2 3 !4 7 !5 6 7

whole tone

Lydian mode
Lydian on C.

Play

1 2 3 !4 7 567

whole tone Lydian

Usual

Major bebop scale

Major bebop scale on C.

12345 Play (!5/"6) 7(8) 67

Major Locrian scale

Major Locrian scale C.

1234 Play "5 "6 "7

Lydian

whole tone

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Major pentatonic scale

Major pentatonic scale on C.

Play 1 2 3 5 6

Usual

Melodic minor scale

Melodic minor scale on C.

1 2 "3 4 ( )5 Play 9 ( )6 7 "6 "5

Dorian

Melodic minor scale (ascending)

Melodic minor scale on C.

Play

1 2 "3 4 7 567

Dorian

Minor pentatonic scale

Minor pentatonic scale on A.

Play 1 3 4 5 7

Usual

Mixolydian mode
Mixolydian on C.

Play

12345 6 "7

Lydian

Mixolydian Usual

Neapolitan major scale

Neapolitan major scale on C.

Play

1 "2 "3 7 4567

Phrygian

Lydian

Unusual

Neapolitan minor scale

Neapolitan minor scale on C.

Play

1 "2 "3 7 4 5 "6 7

Phrygian

Mixolydian Unusual

Non-Pythagorean scale

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Octatonic scale

1 2 "3 4 "5 "6 6 7 Play 8 1 "2 "3 3 !4 5 6 "7

Octatonic scales on C.

Pelog

Play

Persian scale
Persian scale on C.

Play

1 "2 3 4 7 "5 "6 7

Phrygian dominant scale

Play
Phrygian dominant on C.

1 "2 3 4 7 5 "6 "7

Phrygian

Unusual

Phrygian mode
Phrygian on C.

1 "2 "3 Play 4 5 "6 7 "7

Phrygian

Phrygian

Usual

Prometheus scale
Prometheus scale on C.

Play

1 2 3 "4 6 6 "7

Quarter tone scale

Quarter tone scale C.

1 1 !1 12 2 !2 2 3 34 4 !4 4 5 5 !5 5 6 6 !6 67 7 Play 8 7 7 24 "7 7 6 6 "6 65 5 "5 5 4 43 3 "3 3 2 2 "2 21

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Scale of harmonics

Play Slendro
Slendro on C compared to a whole tone scale on C.

or Play

Tritone scale
Tritone scale on C.

Play

1 "2 3 4 7 "5 5 "7

Ukrainian Dorian scale

Ukrainian Dorian mode on C.

1 2 "3 Play !4 5 6 "7

Dorian

Unusual

Whole tone scale

Whole tone scale on C.

Play

1 2 3 !4 6 !5 !6

Yo scale

Miny! scale on D, equivalent to yo scale on D, with brackets on fourths.

Play

1 "3 4 5 5 7

See also
Bebop scale Chord-scale system Heptatonic scale Jazz scale List of chords List of musical intervals Modes of limited transposition Symmetric scale Synthetic modes Tetrachord Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_scales_and_modes" Categories: Music-related lists | Musical scales

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