scales Flashcards
major scale
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
T T S T T T S
minor scale (Aeolian mode)
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 1
T-S-T-T-S-T-T
C major scale
C D E F G A B C
A minor scale
A B C D E F G A
D major scale
D E F# G A B C#
E Major Scale
E F# G# A B C# D#
F Major Scale
F G A Bb C D E
G Major Scale
G A B C D E F#
A Major Scale
A B C# D E F# G#
B Major Scale
B C# D# E F# G# A#
Major Pentatonic Scale
1 2 3 5 6
T-T-1.5-T-1.5
(no 4th or 7th)
Minor Pentatonic Scale
1 b3 4 5 b7
1.5-T-T-1.5-T
(no 2 or b6)
Blues Scale
minor pentatonic with added b5/#4
1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Dorian Mode
1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7
T S T T T S T
- minor scale with major/sharp 6th
Phrygian Mode
1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
S T T T S T T
- minor scale with flat/minor 2nd
- excessively minor, spanish flavour
Lydian Mode
1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
T T T S T T S
- major scale with sharp / augmented 4th
- spacey, airy, mystical major
Mixolydian Mode
1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
T T S T T S T
- major scale with minor/flat 7th
Locrian Mode
1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
S T T S T T T
- diminished sound, darker than minor
- many 5th intervals between scale degrees
Harmonic Minor Scale
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
T S T T S 1.5 S
- minor with major 7th
- contains a conjunct augmented 2nd / minor 3rd
Phrygian Dominant Scale
1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7
S 1.5 S T S T T
- phrygian with major 3rd
- mode of the harmonic minor but with major sound
- Middle-Eastern Flavour
Jazz Melodic Minor Scale
1 2 b3 4 5 6 7
T S T T T T S
- major scale with minor 3rd or minor scale with major 6th and 7th
- lower part is minor sounding while upper part is major
blues-major scale
1 2 b3 3 b4 5 6 b7 7
blues-minor scale
1 2 b3 4 b5 5 b6 b7
Double Harmonic / Gypsy / Byzantine
1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7
Harmonic Major
1 2 3 4 5 b6 7
Japanese Pentatonic
1 b2 4 5 b6
whole tone scale pitches
1 2 3 #4 #5 b7
contains the augmented triad, 1 3 #5
Blues Dorian
1 2 b3 4 b5 5 6 b7
blues diminished
1 b3 4 b5 5 6 b7
Super Locrian / The Altered Scale
1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7
S T S T T T T
Played over altered chords in which case it is:
1 b9 #9 3 b5 #5 b7
