Scales that sound good with A, A56, A4, C, A5, C/A, 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
  • A56
  • A4
  • C
  • A5
  • C/A
  • ASUS
or
Enter chord symbols separated by commas

Chord Scale Compatibility Chart:

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