List of musical scales and modes
The following is a list of musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale.
Name | Image | Sound | Degrees | Intervals | # of pitch classes | Lower tetrachord | Upper tetrachord | Use of key signature usual or unusual |
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15 equal temperament | — | 15 | — | — | — | |||
16 equal temperament | — | 16 | — | — | — | |||
17 equal temperament | — | 17 | — | — | — | |||
19 equal temperament | — | 19 | — | — | — | |||
21 equal temperament | — | 21 | — | — | — | |||
Acoustic scale | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | W-W-W-H-W-H-W | 7 | whole tone | minor | |||
Aeolian mode or natural minor scale | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | W-H-W-W-H-W-W | 7 | minor | Phrygian | Usual | ||
Algerian scale | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 etc. | W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H-W-H-W | variable | — | — | |||
Alpha scale | — | — | 15.39 | — | — | — | ||
Altered scale | 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | H-W-H-W-W-W-W | 7 | diminished | whole tone | |||
Augmented scale | 1 ♭3 3 5 ♯5 7 | 3H-H-3H-H-3H-H | 6 | — | — | |||
Bebop dominant scale | 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7 | 8 | — | — | ||||
Beta scale | — | — | 18.75 | — | — | — | ||
Blues scale | 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 | 3H-W-H-H-3H-W | 6 | — | — | |||
Bohlen–Pierce scale | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Chromatic scale | 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 | — | — | 85.7 | — | — | — | ||
Dorian mode | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | minor | minor | Usual | |||
Double harmonic scale | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | harmonic | harmonic | Unusual | |||
Enigmatic scale | 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 | 7 | Unusual | |||||
Euler–Fokker genus | — | 6 | — | — | — | |||
Flamenco mode | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Unusual | |||
Gamma scale | — | — | 34.29 | — | — | — | ||
"Gypsy" scale[lower-alpha 1] | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Gypsy | Phrygian | Unusual | |||
Half diminished scale | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | W-H-W-H-W-W-W | 7 | minor | whole tone | |||
Harmonic major scale | 1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | W-W-H-W-H-3H-H | 7 | major | harmonic | |||
Harmonic minor scale | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 (♮)7 | W-H-W-W-H-3H-H | 7 | minor | harmonic | |||
Harmonic Scale | — | 144 | — | — | — | |||
Hexany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Hirajoshi scale | 1 3 ♯4 5 7 | 2W-W-H-2W-H | 5 | — | — | — | ||
Hungarian "Gypsy" scale[lower-alpha 1] | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | Unusual | ||
Hungarian minor scale | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | |||
In scale | 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭6 | H-2W-W-H-2W | 5 | — | — | |||
Insen scale | 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭7 | H-2W-W-2W-W | 5 | — | — | — | ||
Ionian mode or major scale | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-H-W-W-W-H | 7 | major | major | Usual | ||
Istrian scale | 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 5 | 6 | — | — | — | |||
Iwato scale | 1 ♭2 4 ♭5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | — | |||
Locrian mode | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | H-W-W-H-W-W-W | 7 | Phrygian | whole tone | Usual | ||
Lydian augmented scale | 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 | W-W-W-W-H-W-H | 7 | whole tone | diminished | |||
Lydian mode | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 | W-W-W-H-W-W-H | 7 | whole tone | major | Usual | ||
Major bebop scale | 1 2 3 4 5 (♯5/♭6) 6 7 | 7(8) | — | — | ||||
Major Locrian scale | 1 2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | W-W-H-H-W-W-W | 7 | major | whole tone | |||
Major pentatonic scale | 1 2 3 5 6 | W-W-3H-W-3H | 5 | — | — | Usual | ||
Melodic minor scale | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♮6 ♮7 8 ♭7 ♭6 5 4 ♭3 2 1 | 9 | minor | varies | ||||
Melodic minor scale (ascending) | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-W-W-W-W-H | 7 | minor | major | |||
Minor pentatonic scale | 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 | 3H-W-W-3H-W | 5 | — | — | Usual | ||
Mixolydian mode or Adonai malakh mode | 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 | W-W-H-W-W-H-W | 7 | major | minor | Usual | ||
Neapolitan major scale | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | major | Unusual | |||
Neapolitan minor scale | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | harmonic | Unusual | |||
Non-Pythagorean scale | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Octatonic scale | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 |
8 | — | — | ||||
Pelog | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Persian scale | 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 | 7 | harmonic | unusual | ||||
Pfluke scale | - | - | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 7 | 7 | minor | minor | Unusual | |
Phrygian dominant scale | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | harmonic | Phrygian | Unusual | |||
Phrygian mode | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Usual | |||
Prometheus scale | 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | ||||
Quarter tone scale | 1 |
24 | — | — | — | |||
Scale of harmonics | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Slendro | — | 5 | — | — | — | |||
Tritone scale | 1 ♭2 3 ♭5 5 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | ||||
Ukrainian Dorian scale | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | Gypsy | minor | Unusual | |||
Whole tone scale | 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 | 6 | — | — | ||||
Yo scale | 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — |
See also
Notes
- 1 2 "Gypsy" is considered a derogatory term for people who refer to themselves as Roma.
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