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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 | # of pitch classes | Lower tetrachord | Upper tetrachord | Use of key signature usual or unusual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 equal temperament |  Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 15 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 16 equal temperament | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 16 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 17 equal temperament | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 17 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 19 equal temperament | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 19 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 21 equal temperament | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 21 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Acoustic scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 ?4 5 6 ?7 | 7 | whole tone | minor | |||
| Aeolian mode or natural minor scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 4 5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | minor | Phrygian | Usual | ||
| Algerian scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 ?4 5 ?6 7 etc. | variable | -- | -- | |||
| Alpha scale | -- | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 15.39 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Altered scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 ?3 ?4 ?5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | diminished | whole tone | |||
| Augmented scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?3 3 5 ?5 7 | 6 | -- | -- | |||
| Bebop dominant scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 4 5 6 ?7 7 | 8 | -- | -- | |||
| Beta scale | -- | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 18.75 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Blues scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?3 4 ?5 5 ?7 | 6 | -- | -- | |||
| Bohlen-Pierce scale | -- | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Chromatic scale | Play (helpinfo) |
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 | -- | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 85.7 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Dorian mode | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 4 5 6 ?7 | 7 | minor | minor | Usual | ||
| Double harmonic scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 3 4 5 ?6 7 | 7 | harmonic | harmonic | Unusual | ||
| Enigmatic scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 3 ?4 ?5 ?6 7 | 7 | Unusual | ||||
| Euler-Fokker genus | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Flamenco mode | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 3 4 5 ?6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Unusual | ||
| Gamma scale | -- | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 34.29 | -- | -- | -- | |
| "Gypsy" scale[a] | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 ?4 5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | Gypsy | Phrygian | Unusual | ||
| Half diminished scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 4 ?5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | minor | whole tone | |||
| Harmonic major scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 4 5 ?6 7 | 7 | major | harmonic | |||
| Harmonic minor scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 4 5 ?6 (?)7 | 7 | minor | harmonic | |||
| Harmonic Scale | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 144 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Hexany | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Hirajoshi scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 3 ?4 5 7 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Hungarian "Gypsy" scale[a] | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 ?4 5 ?6 7 | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | Unusual | ||
| Hungarian minor scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 ?4 5 ?6 7 | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | |||
| In scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 4 5 ?6 | 5 | -- | -- | |||
| Insen scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 4 5 ?7 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Ionian mode or major scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | major | major | Usual | ||
| Istrian scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 ?3 ?4 ?5 5 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Iwato scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 4 ?5 ?7 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Locrian mode | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 ?3 4 ?5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | Phrygian | whole tone | Usual | ||
| Lydian augmented scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 ?4 ?5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | diminished | |||
| Lydian mode | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 ?4 5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | major | Usual | ||
| Major bebop scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 4 5 (?5/?6) 6 7 | 7(8) | -- | -- | |||
| Major Locrian scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 4 ?5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | major | whole tone | |||
| Major pentatonic scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 5 6 | 5 | -- | -- | Usual | ||
| Melodic minor scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 4 5 ?6 ?7 8 ?7 ?6 5 4 ?3 2 1 | 9 | minor | varies | |||
| Melodic minor scale (ascending) | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | minor | major | |||
| Minor pentatonic scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?3 4 5 ?7 | 5 | -- | -- | Usual | ||
| Mixolydian mode or Adonai malakh mode | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 4 5 6 ?7 | 7 | major | minor | Usual | ||
| Neapolitan major scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 ?3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | major | Unusual | ||
| Neapolitan minor scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 ?3 4 5 ?6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | harmonic | Unusual | ||
| Non-Pythagorean scale | -- | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Octatonic scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 4 ?5 ?6 6 7 1 ?2 ?3 3 ?4 5 6 ?7 |
8 | -- | -- | |||
| Pelog | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Persian scale | Play (helpinfo) |
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 | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 3 4 5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | harmonic | Phrygian | Unusual | ||
| Phrygian mode | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 ?3 4 5 ?6 ?7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Usual | ||
| Prometheus scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 ?4 6 ?7 | 6 | -- | -- | |||
| Quarter tone scale | Play (helpinfo) |
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 | Play (helpinfo) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Slendro | Play (helpinfo) or Play (helpinfo) |
-- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Tritone scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?2 3 ?5 5 ?7 | 6 | -- | -- | |||
| Ukrainian Dorian scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 ?3 ?4 5 6 ?7 | 7 | Gypsy | minor | Unusual | ||
| Whole tone scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 2 3 ?4 ?5 ?6 | 6 | -- | -- | |||
| Yo scale | Play (helpinfo) |
1 ?3 4 5 ?7 | 5 | -- | -- |
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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
- ^ a b "Gypsy" is considered a derogatory term for people who refer to themselves as Roma.
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