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

Chord Scale Compatibility Chart:

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