Scales that sound good with A, A13, A7, A9, ASUS chord(s)

JGuitar's harmonizer allows you to easily identify chords and scales that will sound good when played together. Use the form below to input one or more chords, hit "Go", and the harmonizer will tell you what scales will sound good when played with the selected chords. The harmonizer also comes in a scale to chord flavor, which allows you to select scales and have the harmonizer tell you what chords will sound good when played with them.

Enter chord symbols by selecting root note and chord type
  • A
  • A13
  • A7
  • A9
  • ASUS
or
Enter chord symbols separated by commas

Chord Scale Compatibility Chart:

A Major A 13th A 7th A 9th A Suspended
D Ionian yes
E Dorian yes
F# Phrygian yes
G Lydian yes
A Mixolydian yes
B Aeolian yes
C# Locrian yes
D Bebop Major yes
E Bebop Minor yes
A Bebop Minor yes
D Bebop Dominant yes
A Bebop Dominant yes
C# Eight-tone Spanish yes
D Melodic Minor yes no yes
E Phrygian #6 yes no yes
F Lydian Augmented yes no yes
G Lydian Dominant yes no yes
A Fifth Mode yes no yes
B Locrian #2 yes no yes
C# Altered yes no yes
D Bebop Melodic Minor yes no yes
D# Enigmatic yes no yes
E Melodic Minor yes no yes no
F# Phrygian #6 yes no yes no
G Lydian Augmented yes no yes no
A Lydian Dominant yes no yes no
B Fifth Mode yes no yes no
C# Locrian #2 yes no yes no
D# Altered yes no yes no
A Dominant Pentatonic yes no yes no
F Bebop Major yes no yes no yes
E Bebop Melodic Minor yes no yes no
D Harmonic Major yes no yes no yes
D Harmonic Minor yes no yes no yes
A Phrygian Dominant yes no yes no yes
G# Neapolitan Minor yes no yes no
E Neapolitan Major yes no yes no
D# Eight-tone Spanish yes no yes no
G Prometheus yes no yes no
E Symmetrical yes no yes no yes
B Major Locrian yes no yes no
A Lydian Minor yes no yes no
A Ionian yes no yes
B Dorian yes no yes
C# Phrygian yes no yes
D Lydian yes no yes
E Mixolydian yes no yes
F# Aeolian yes no yes
G# Locrian yes no yes
C# Diminished Whole Half yes no yes no
E Diminished Whole Half yes no yes no
G Diminished Whole Half yes no yes no
A# Diminished Whole Half yes no yes no
C Diminished Half Whole yes no yes no
D# Diminished Half Whole yes no yes no
F# Diminished Half Whole yes no yes no
A Diminished Half Whole yes no yes no
A Bebop Major yes no yes
B Bebop Minor yes no yes
E Bebop Dominant yes no yes
F Harmonic Major yes no yes no
A Harmonic Major yes no yes
G# Double Harmonic Major yes no yes no
A Double Harmonic Major yes no yes
C# Hungarian Gypsy yes no yes no
D Hungarian Gypsy yes no yes
A Hungarian Major yes no yes no
C# Neapolitan Minor yes no yes
G# Eight-tone Spanish yes no yes
C# Balinese Pelog yes no yes
D# Oriental yes no yes no
E Oriental yes no yes
C# Symmetrical yes no yes
E Ionian yes no
F# Dorian yes no
G# Phrygian yes no
A Lydian yes no
B Mixolydian yes no
C# Aeolian yes no
D# Locrian yes no
A Major Pentatonic yes no
F# Minor Pentatonic yes no
B Suspended Pentatonic yes no
F# Blues yes no
E Bebop Major yes no
F# Bebop Minor yes no
B Bebop Dominant yes no
C# Bebop Melodic Minor yes no
C# Harmonic Minor yes no
F Double Harmonic Major yes no
A# Hungarian Gypsy yes no
F# Hungarian Major yes no
G# Phrygian Dominant yes no
F Enigmatic yes no
C Oriental yes no
D# Iwato yes no
E Yo yes no
G# Symmetrical yes no
C# Augmented yes no
F Augmented yes no
A Augmented yes no
C Ionian no yes
F Ionian no yes
G Ionian no yes
D Dorian no yes
G Dorian no yes
A Dorian no yes
E Phrygian no yes
A Phrygian no yes
B Phrygian no yes
C Lydian no yes
F Lydian no yes
A# Lydian no yes
C Mixolydian no yes
D Mixolydian no yes
G Mixolydian no yes
D Aeolian no yes
E Aeolian no yes
A Aeolian no yes
E Locrian no yes
F# Locrian no yes
B Locrian no yes
G Melodic Minor no yes
A Melodic Minor no yes
A Phrygian #6 no yes
B Phrygian #6 no yes
C Lydian Augmented no yes
A# Lydian Augmented no yes
C Lydian Dominant no yes
D Lydian Dominant no yes
D Fifth Mode no yes
E Fifth Mode no yes
E Locrian #2 no yes
F# Locrian #2 no yes
F# Altered no yes
G# Altered no yes
C Major Pentatonic no yes
D Major Pentatonic no yes
G Major Pentatonic no yes
E Minor Pentatonic no yes
A Minor Pentatonic no yes
B Minor Pentatonic no yes
D Suspended Pentatonic no yes
E Suspended Pentatonic no yes
A Suspended Pentatonic no yes
D Dominant Pentatonic no yes
E Traditional Japanese "in sen" no yes
A Traditional Japanese "in sen" no yes
E Blues no yes
A Blues no yes
B Blues no yes
C Bebop Major no yes
G Bebop Major no yes
C Bebop Minor no yes
D Bebop Minor no yes
G Bebop Minor no yes
C Bebop Dominant no yes
F Bebop Dominant no yes
G Bebop Dominant no yes
G Bebop Melodic Minor no yes
A Bebop Melodic Minor no yes
A Harmonic Minor no yes
E Phrygian Dominant no yes
A Neapolitan Minor no yes
A Neapolitan Major no yes
G# Enigmatic no yes
A# Enigmatic no yes
E Eight-tone Spanish no yes
F# Eight-tone Spanish no yes
B Eight-tone Spanish no yes
E Iwato no yes
D Yo no yes
G Yo no yes
A Yo no yes
C Prometheus no yes
F# Symmetrical no yes
B Symmetrical no yes
E Major Locrian no yes
D Lydian Minor no yes
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