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 or Super Locrian 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 | W-W-H-W-W-H-H-H | 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 |
H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H | 12 | — | — | — | ||
Delta scale | — | — | — | 85.7 | — | — | — | |
Dorian mode | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 | W-H-W-W-W-H-W | 7 | minor | minor | Usual | ||
Double harmonic scale | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | H-3H-H-W-H-3H-H | 7 | harmonic | harmonic | Unusual | ||
Enigmatic scale | 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 | H-3H-W-W-W-H-H | 7 | Unusual | ||||
Euler–Fokker genus | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | ||
Flamenco mode | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | H-3H-H-W-H-3H-H | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Unusual | ||
Gamma scale | — | — | — | 34.29 | — | — | — | |
"Gypsy" scale[lower-alpha 1] | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | W-H-3H-H-H-W-W | 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]/Hungarian minor scale | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | Unusual | ||
Hungarian major scale | 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 3H-H-W-H-W-H-W | 7 | — | minor | Unusual | ||
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 | H-W-H-W- | 6 | diminished | — | — | ||
Iwato scale | 1 ♭2 4 ♭5 ♭7 | H-2W-H-2W-W | 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 | W-W-H-W-(H-H)-W-H | 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 | W-H-W-W-W-W-H (ascending)
W-W-H-W-W-H-W (descending) |
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 | H-W-W-W-W-W-H | 7 | Phrygian | major | Unusual | ||
Neapolitan minor scale | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 | H-W-W-W-H-3H-H | 7 | Phrygian | harmonic | Unusual | ||
Non-Pythagorean scale | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Octatonic scale | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 6 7
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W-H-W-H-W-H-W-H
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8 | — | — | |||
Pelog | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Persian scale | 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 | H-3H-H-H-W-3H-H | 7 | harmonic | unusual | |||
Phrygian dominant scale | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | H-3H-H-W-H-W-W | 7 | harmonic | Phrygian | Unusual | ||
Phrygian mode | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | H-W-W-W-H-W-W | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Usual | ||
Prometheus scale | 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7 | W-W-W-3H-H-W | 6 | — | — | |||
Quarter tone scale | 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 | 24 | — | — | — | ||
Scale of harmonics | 1 ♭3 3 4 5 6 | 3H-H-H-W-W-3H | — | — | — | — | ||
Slendro | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | ||
Tritone scale | 1 ♭2 3 ♭5 5 ♭7 | H-3H-W-H-3H-W | 6 | — | — | |||
Two-semitone tritone scale | 1 ♭2 ♮2 ♯4 5 ♭6 | H-H-4H-H-H | 6 | — | — | |||
Ukrainian Dorian scale | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | W-H-3H-H-W-H-W | 7 | Gypsy | minor | Unusual | ||
Vietnamese scale of harmonics | 1 |
5Q-Q-H-H-W | 6 | — | — | |||
Whole tone scale | 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 | W-W-W-W-W-W | 6 | — | — | |||
Yo scale | 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 | 3H-W-W-3H-W | 5 | — | — |
Tetrachords | Semitones | Letters |
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Chromatic | 1 1 1 | H-H-H |
Diminished | 1 2 1 | H-W-H |
Gypsy [sic] | 2 1 3 | W-H-3H |
Harmonic | 1 3 1 | H-3H-H |
Major | 2 2 1 | W-W-H |
Minor | 2 1 2 | W-H-W |
Phrygian/ Upper minor | 1 2 2 | H-W-W |
Whole tone | 2 2 2 | W-W-W |
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
Notes
- "Gypsy" is considered a derogatory term for people who refer to themselves as Roma.
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