Scales that sound good with E5, E9, E2 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
  • E5
  • E9
  • E2
or
Enter chord symbols separated by commas

Chord Scale Compatibility Chart:

E 5th E 9th E Suspended 2nd
A Ionian yes
B Dorian yes
C# Phrygian yes
D Lydian yes
E Mixolydian yes
F# Aeolian yes
G# Locrian yes
A Melodic Minor yes
B Melodic Minor yes
C# Phrygian #6 yes
B Phrygian #6 yes
C Lydian Augmented yes
D Lydian Augmented yes
D Lydian Dominant yes
E Lydian Dominant yes
E Fifth Mode yes
F# Fifth Mode yes
F# Locrian #2 yes
G# Locrian #2 yes
G# Altered yes
A# Altered yes
E Dominant Pentatonic yes
A Bebop Major yes
E Bebop Minor yes
B Bebop Minor yes
E Bebop Dominant yes
A Bebop Dominant yes
A Bebop Melodic Minor yes
B Bebop Melodic Minor yes
D# Neapolitan Minor yes
B Neapolitan Major yes
A# Enigmatic yes
G# Eight-tone Spanish yes
A# Eight-tone Spanish yes
D Prometheus yes
F# Major Locrian yes
E Lydian Minor yes
D Ionian yes no yes
E Ionian yes no yes
G Ionian yes no yes
B Ionian yes no yes
C# Dorian yes no yes
E Dorian yes no yes
F# Dorian yes no yes
A Dorian yes no yes
D# Phrygian yes no yes
F# Phrygian yes no yes
G# Phrygian yes no yes
B Phrygian yes no yes
C Lydian yes no yes
E Lydian yes no yes
G Lydian yes no yes
A Lydian yes no yes
D Mixolydian yes no yes
F# Mixolydian yes no yes
A Mixolydian yes no yes
B Mixolydian yes no yes
C# Aeolian yes no yes
E Aeolian yes no yes
G# Aeolian yes no yes
B Aeolian yes no yes
C# Locrian yes no yes
D# Locrian yes no yes
F# Locrian yes no yes
A# Locrian yes no yes
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
D Major Pentatonic yes no yes
E Major Pentatonic yes no yes
A Major Pentatonic yes no yes
C# Minor Pentatonic yes no yes
F# Minor Pentatonic yes no yes
B Minor Pentatonic yes no yes
E Suspended Pentatonic yes no yes
F# Suspended Pentatonic yes no yes
B Suspended Pentatonic yes no yes
F# Traditional Japanese "in sen" yes no yes
B Traditional Japanese "in sen" yes no yes
C# Blues yes no yes
F# Blues yes no yes
B Blues yes no yes
D Bebop Major yes no yes
E Bebop Major yes no yes
G Bebop Major yes no yes
B Bebop Major yes no yes
C# Bebop Minor yes no yes
D Bebop Minor yes no yes
F# Bebop Minor yes no yes
A Bebop Minor yes no yes
D Bebop Dominant yes no yes
F# Bebop Dominant yes no yes
G Bebop Dominant yes no yes
B Bebop Dominant yes no yes
E Bebop Melodic Minor yes no yes
E Harmonic Major yes no yes
B Harmonic Major yes no yes
E Harmonic Minor yes no yes
B Harmonic Minor yes no yes
B Double Harmonic Major yes no yes
E Hungarian Gypsy yes no yes
F# Phrygian Dominant yes no yes
B Phrygian Dominant yes no yes
B Neapolitan Minor yes no yes
C Enigmatic yes no yes
F Enigmatic yes no yes
C# Eight-tone Spanish yes no yes
D# Eight-tone Spanish yes no yes
F# Eight-tone Spanish yes no yes
D# Balinese Pelog yes no yes
F# Oriental yes no yes
F# Iwato yes no yes
E Yo yes no yes
A Yo yes no yes
B Yo yes no yes
C# Symmetrical yes no yes
D# Symmetrical yes no yes
F# Symmetrical yes no yes
G# Symmetrical yes no yes
C Ionian yes no
D Dorian yes no
E Phrygian yes no
F Lydian yes no
G Mixolydian yes no
A Aeolian yes no
B Locrian yes no
D Melodic Minor yes no
E Phrygian #6 yes no
F Lydian Augmented yes no
G Lydian Dominant yes no
A Fifth Mode yes no
B Locrian #2 yes no
C# Altered yes no
D Diminished Whole Half yes no
F Diminished Whole Half yes no
G# Diminished Whole Half yes no
B Diminished Whole Half yes no
C# Diminished Half Whole yes no
E Diminished Half Whole yes no
G Diminished Half Whole yes no
A# Diminished Half Whole yes no
G Major Pentatonic yes no
E Minor Pentatonic yes no
A Suspended Pentatonic yes no
A Dominant Pentatonic yes no
E Traditional Japanese "in sen" yes no
E Blues yes no
C Bebop Major yes no
G Bebop Minor yes no
C Bebop Dominant yes no
D Bebop Melodic Minor yes no
G# Bebop Melodic Minor yes no
C Harmonic Major yes no
A Harmonic Major yes no
G# Harmonic Minor yes no
A Harmonic Minor yes no
C Double Harmonic Major yes no
D# Double Harmonic Major yes no
E Double Harmonic Major yes no
F Hungarian Gypsy yes no
G# Hungarian Gypsy yes no
A Hungarian Gypsy yes no
C# Hungarian Major yes no
E Hungarian Major yes no
G Hungarian Major yes no
D# Phrygian Dominant yes no
E Phrygian Dominant yes no
E Neapolitan Minor yes no
G# Neapolitan Minor yes no
E Neapolitan Major yes no
D# Enigmatic yes no
B Eight-tone Spanish yes no
E Balinese Pelog yes no
G# Balinese Pelog yes no
G Oriental yes no
A# Oriental yes no
B Oriental yes no
A# Iwato yes no
B Iwato yes no
D Yo yes no
G Prometheus yes no
B Symmetrical yes no
B Major Locrian yes no
C Augmented yes no
E Augmented yes no
G# Augmented yes no
A Lydian Minor yes no
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