List of musical scales and modes
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The following is a list of musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale.
Name | Image | Sound | Degrees | # of pitch classes | Lower tetrachord | Upper tetrachord | Use of key signature usual or unusual |
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17 equal temperament | <phonos file="1 step in 17-et on C.mid">Play</phonos> | — | 17 | — | — | — | |
Acoustic scale | <phonos file="Lydian dominant C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | whole tone | minor | ||
Aeolian mode or natural minor scale | <phonos file="Aeolian mode C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | minor | Phrygian | Usual | |
Algerian scale | Audio file "Algerian scale.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 etc. | variable | — | — | ||
Alpha scale | — | <phonos file="Alpha scale step on C.mid">Play</phonos> | — | 15.39 | — | — | — |
Altered scale | <phonos file="Altered scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | diminished | whole tone | ||
Augmented scale | <phonos file="Augmented scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭3 3 5 ♯5 7 | 6 | — | — | ||
Bebop dominant scale | <phonos file="Bebop dominant scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7 | 8 | — | — | ||
Beta scale | — | <phonos file="Beta scale step on C.mid">Play</phonos> | — | 18.75 | — | — | — |
Blues scale | <phonos file="Blues scale common.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | ||
Bohlen–Pierce scale | — | Audio file "Bohlen-Pierce scale just.mid" not found | — | — | — | — | — |
Chromatic scale | <phonos file="ChromaticScaleUpDown.ogg">Play</phonos> | 1 ♯1 2 ♯2 3 4 ♯4 5 ♯5 6 ♯6 7 7 ♭7 6 ♭6 5 ♭5 4 3 ♭3 2 ♭2 1 |
12 | — | — | — | |
Delta scale | — | <phonos file="Delta scale step on C.mid">Play</phonos> | — | 85.7 | — | — | — |
Dorian mode | <phonos file="Dorian mode C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | minor | minor | Usual | |
Double harmonic scale | Audio file "Double harmonic scale.mid" not found | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | harmonic | harmonic | Unusual | |
Enigmatic scale | <phonos file="Enigmatic scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 | 7 | Unusual | |||
Euler–Fokker genus | — | Audio file "Euler-Fokker genus on C.mid" not found | — | 6 | — | — | — |
Flamenco mode | Audio file "Flamenco mode on C.mid" not found | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Unusual | |
Gamma scale | — | <phonos file="Gamma scale step on C.mid">Play</phonos> | — | 34.29 | — | — | — |
"Gypsy" scale[lower-alpha 1] | Audio file "Gypsy minor scale.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Gypsy | Phrygian | Unusual | |
Half diminished scale | <phonos file="Half diminished scale C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | minor | whole tone | ||
Harmonic major scale | Audio file "Harmonic major scale C.mid" not found | 1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | major | harmonic | ||
Harmonic minor scale | Audio file "Harmonic minor on C.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 (♮)7 | 7 | minor | harmonic | ||
Harmonic Scale | Audio file "Harmonic Scale chromatic on C.mid" not found | — | 144 | — | — | — | |
Hexany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hirajoshi scale | Audio file "Hirajoshi_scale_on_C_Burrows.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 | 5 | — | — | — | |
Hungarian "Gypsy" scale[lower-alpha 1] | Audio file "Hungarian gypsy scale C.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | Unusual | |
Hungarian minor scale | Audio file "Hungarian minor scale on C.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | ||
In scale | <phonos file="Miyako-bushi scale.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭6 | 5 | — | — | ||
Insen scale | Audio file "Insen scale on C.mid" not found | 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | — | |
Ionian mode or major scale | <phonos file="Ionian mode C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | major | major | Usual | |
Istrian scale | <phonos file="Istrian mode on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 5 | 6 | — | — | — | |
Iwato scale | Audio file "Iwato scale on C.mid" not found | 1 ♭2 4 ♭5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | — | |
Locrian mode | <phonos file="Locrian mode C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | whole tone | Usual | |
Lydian augmented scale | Audio file "Lydian augmented scale on C.mid" not found | 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | diminished | ||
Lydian mode | <phonos file="Lydian mode C midi.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | major | Usual | |
Major bebop scale | <phonos file="Major bebop scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 4 5 (♯5/♭6) 6 7 | 7(8) | — | — | ||
Major Locrian scale | <phonos file="Major locrian C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | major | whole tone | ||
Major pentatonic scale | <phonos file="PentMajor.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 5 6 | 5 | — | — | Usual | |
Melodic minor scale | <phonos file="A melodic minor scale ascending and descending.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♮6 ♮7 8 ♭7 ♭6 5 4 ♭3 2 1 | 9 | minor | varies | ||
Melodic minor scale (ascending) | Audio file "A melodic minor scale ascending MIDI.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | minor | major | ||
Minor pentatonic scale | <phonos file="PentMinor.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | Usual | |
Mixolydian mode or Adonai malakh mode | <phonos file="Mixolydian mode C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | major | minor | Usual | |
Neapolitan major scale | <phonos file="Neapolitan major scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | major | Unusual | |
Neapolitan minor scale | Audio file "Neapolitan minor scale on C.mid" not found | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | harmonic | Unusual | |
Non-Pythagorean scale | — | Audio file "Non-Pythagorean scale on C.mid" not found | — | — | — | — | — |
Octatonic scale | <phonos file="Octatonic scales on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 |
8 | — | — | ||
Pelog | <phonos file="Pelog.ogg">Play</phonos> | — | — | — | — | — | |
Persian scale | Audio file "Persian scale on C.mid" not found | 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 | 7 | harmonic | unusual | ||
Phrygian dominant scale | <phonos file="Phrygian dominant scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | harmonic | Phrygian | Unusual | |
Phrygian mode | <phonos file="Phrygian mode C midi.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Usual | |
Prometheus scale | <phonos file="Prometheus scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | ||
Quarter tone scale | <phonos file="Quarter tone scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 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 |
24 | — | — | — | |
Scale of harmonics | Audio file "Scale of harmonics on C.mid" not found | — | — | — | — | — | |
Slendro | Audio file "Slendro vs whole tone scale on C.mid" not found or Audio file "Gamelan.mid" not found | — | 5 | — | — | — | |
Tritone scale | <phonos file="Tritone scale on C.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭2 3 ♭5 5 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | ||
Ukrainian Dorian scale | Audio file "Ukrainian Dorian mode on C.mid" not found | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | Gypsy | minor | Unusual | |
Whole tone scale | <phonos file="Whole tone scale on C.ogg">Play</phonos> | 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 | 6 | — | — | ||
Yo scale | <phonos file="Min'yō scale.mid">Play</phonos> | 1 ♭3 4 5 7 | 5 | — | — |
See also
- 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