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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 equal temperament |  17-tet scale on C. |  Play | — | 17 | — | — | — |
| Acoustic scale |  Acoustic scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | whole tone | minor | |
| Aeolian mode or natural minor scale |  Aeolian on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | minor | Phrygian | Usual |
| Algerian scale |  Algerian scale on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 etc. | variable | — | — | |
| Alpha scale | — | Play | — | 15.39 | — | — | — |
| Altered scale |  Altered scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | diminished | whole tone | |
| Augmented scale |  Augmented scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭3 3 5 ♯5 7 | 6 | — | — | |
| Bebop dominant scale |  Bebop dominant scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7 | 8 | — | — | |
| Beta scale | — | Play | — | 18.75 | — | — | — |
| Blues scale |  Blues scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | |
| Bohlen–Pierce scale | — | Play | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chromatic scale |  Chromatic scale on C. | Play | 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 | — | 85.7 | — | — | — |
| Dorian mode |  Dorian on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | minor | minor | Usual |
| Double harmonic scale |  Double harmonic scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | harmonic | harmonic | Unusual |
| Enigmatic scale |  Enigmatic scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 | 7 | Unusual | ||
| Euler–Fokker genus | — | Play | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| Flamenco mode |  Flamenco mode on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Unusual |
| Gamma scale | — | Play | — | 34.29 | — | — | — |
| "Gypsy" scale[lower-alpha 1] |  "Gypsy" [sic] scale on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Gypsy | Phrygian | Unusual |
| Half diminished scale |  Half diminished scale on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | minor | whole tone | |
| Harmonic major scale |  Harmonic major scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | major | harmonic | |
| Harmonic minor scale |  Harmonic minor scale on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 (♮)7 | 7 | minor | harmonic | |
| Harmonic Scale |  Harmonic scale chromatic on C. | Play | — | 144 | — | — | — |
| Hexany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hirajoshi scale |  Hirajoshi scale on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Hungarian "Gypsy" scale[lower-alpha 1] |  Hungarian "Gypsy"[sic] scale on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | Unusual |
| Hungarian minor scale |  Hungarian minor scale on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | |
| In scale |  Miyako-bushi scale on D, equivalent to in scale on D, with brackets on fourths. |
Play | 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭6 | 5 | — | — | |
| Insen scale |  Insen scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Ionian mode or major scale |  Ionian on C. | Play | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | major | major | Usual |
| Istrian scale |  Istrian mode on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Iwato scale |  Iwato scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 4 ♭5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Locrian mode |  Locrian on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | whole tone | Usual |
| Lydian augmented scale |  Lydian augmented scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | diminished | |
| Lydian mode |  Lydian on C. | Play | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | major | Usual |
| Major bebop scale |  Major bebop scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 4 5 (♯5/♭6) 6 7 | 7(8) | — | — | |
| Major Locrian scale |  Major Locrian scale C. | Play | 1 2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | major | whole tone | |
| Major pentatonic scale |  Major pentatonic scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 5 6 | 5 | — | — | Usual |
| Melodic minor scale |  The A melodic minor scale, ascending and descending, on A. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♮6 ♮7 8 ♭7 ♭6 5 4 ♭3 2 1 | 9 | minor | varies | |
| Melodic minor scale (ascending) |  Melodic minor scale ascending on A. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | minor | major | |
| Minor pentatonic scale |  Minor pentatonic scale on A. | Play | 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | Usual |
| Mixolydian mode or Adonai malakh mode |  Mixolydian on C. | Play | 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | major | minor | Usual |
| Neapolitan major scale |  Neapolitan major scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | major | Unusual |
| Neapolitan minor scale |  Neapolitan minor scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | harmonic | Unusual |
| Non-Pythagorean scale | — | Play | — | — | — | — | — |
| Octatonic scale |  Octatonic scales on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 8 | — | — | |
| Pelog |  Pelog approximated in Western notation. | Play | — | — | — | — | — |
| Persian scale |  Persian scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 | 7 | harmonic | unusual | |
| Phrygian dominant scale |  Phrygian dominant on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | harmonic | Phrygian | Unusual |
| Phrygian mode |  Phrygian on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Usual |
| Prometheus scale |  Prometheus scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | |
| Quarter tone scale |  Quarter tone scale C. | Play | 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 |  Scale of harmonics C. | Play | — | — | — | — | — |
| Slendro |  Slendro on C compared to a whole tone scale on C. | Play or Play | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Tritone scale | .png) Tritone scale on C. | Play | 1 ♭2 3 ♭5 5 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | |
| Ukrainian Dorian scale |  Ukrainian Dorian mode on C. | Play | 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | Gypsy | minor | Unusual |
| Whole tone scale |  Whole tone scale on C. | Play | 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Yo scale |  Minyō scale on D, equivalent to yo scale on D, with brackets on fourths. |
Play | 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
Notes
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