Scales that sound good with A, A4, A57 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
  • A4
  • A57
or
Enter chord symbols separated by commas

Chord Scale Compatibility Chart:

A Major A Suspended 4th A 5th 7th
D Ionian yes
E Dorian yes
F# Phrygian yes
G Lydian yes
A Mixolydian yes
B Aeolian yes
C# Locrian yes
D Melodic Minor yes
E Phrygian #6 yes
F Lydian Augmented yes
G Lydian Dominant yes
A Fifth Mode yes
B Locrian #2 yes
C# Altered yes
D Bebop Major yes
F Bebop Major yes
E Bebop Minor yes
A Bebop Minor yes
D Bebop Dominant yes
A Bebop Dominant yes
D Bebop Melodic Minor yes
D Harmonic Major yes
D Harmonic Minor yes
A Phrygian Dominant yes
D# Enigmatic yes
C# Eight-tone Spanish yes
E Symmetrical yes
A Ionian yes no
B Dorian yes no
C# Phrygian yes no
D Lydian yes no
E Mixolydian yes no
F# Aeolian yes no
G# Locrian yes no
E Melodic Minor yes no yes
F# Phrygian #6 yes no yes
G Lydian Augmented yes no yes
A Lydian Dominant yes no yes
B Fifth Mode yes no yes
C# Locrian #2 yes no yes
D# Altered yes no yes
C# Diminished Whole Half yes no yes
E Diminished Whole Half yes no yes
G Diminished Whole Half yes no yes
A# Diminished Whole Half yes no yes
C Diminished Half Whole yes no yes
D# Diminished Half Whole yes no yes
F# Diminished Half Whole yes no yes
A Diminished Half Whole yes no yes
A Dominant Pentatonic yes no yes
A Bebop Major yes no
B Bebop Minor yes no
E Bebop Dominant yes no
E Bebop Melodic Minor yes no yes
F Harmonic Major yes no yes
A Harmonic Major yes no
G# Double Harmonic Major yes no yes
A Double Harmonic Major yes no
C# Hungarian Gypsy yes no yes
D Hungarian Gypsy yes no
A Hungarian Major yes no yes
C# Neapolitan Minor yes no
G# Neapolitan Minor yes no yes
E Neapolitan Major yes no yes
D# Eight-tone Spanish yes no yes
G# Eight-tone Spanish yes no
C# Balinese Pelog yes no
D# Oriental yes no yes
E Oriental yes no
G Prometheus yes no yes
C# Symmetrical yes no
B Major Locrian yes no yes
A Lydian Minor yes no yes
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 Phrygian #6 no yes
A# Lydian Augmented no yes
C Lydian Dominant no yes
D Fifth Mode no yes
E Locrian #2 no yes
F# Altered no yes
C Major Pentatonic no yes
G Major Pentatonic no yes
E Minor Pentatonic no yes
A Minor Pentatonic no yes
D Suspended Pentatonic no yes
A Suspended Pentatonic no yes
A Traditional Japanese "in sen" no yes
E Blues no yes
A 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
G# Enigmatic no yes
E Eight-tone Spanish no yes
F# Eight-tone Spanish no yes
B Eight-tone Spanish no yes
D Yo no yes
G Yo no yes
F# Symmetrical no yes
B Symmetrical 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
A Melodic Minor no yes no
B Phrygian #6 no yes no
C Lydian Augmented no yes no
D Lydian Dominant no yes no
E Fifth Mode no yes no
F# Locrian #2 no yes no
G# Altered no yes no
D Major Pentatonic no yes no
B Minor Pentatonic no yes no
E Suspended Pentatonic no yes no
D Dominant Pentatonic no yes no
E Traditional Japanese "in sen" no yes no
B Blues no yes no
A Bebop Melodic Minor no yes no
A Harmonic Minor no yes no
E Phrygian Dominant no yes no
A Neapolitan Minor no yes no
A Neapolitan Major no yes no
A# Enigmatic no yes no
E Iwato no yes no
A Yo no yes no
C Prometheus no yes no
E Major Locrian no yes no
D Lydian Minor no yes no
E Harmonic Minor no yes
C Hungarian Major no yes
B Phrygian Dominant no yes
E Neapolitan Minor no yes
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