Scale Dictionary

The scale dictionary provides a set of links to scale diagrams for common scales.

• Major Scale Modes

  • Ionian (A.K.A. Major)
  • Dorian
  • Phrygian
  • Lydian
  • Mixolydian
  • Aeolian (A.K.A. Minor, Natural Minor, Pure Minor)
  • Locrian

• Melodic Minor Modes

  • Melodic Minor
  • Phrygian #6 (A.K.A. Dorian b2)
  • Lydian Augmented
  • Lydian Dominant (A.K.A. Mixolydian #4)
  • Fifth Mode (A.K.A. Mixolydian b6, Hindu)
  • Locrian #2 (A.K.A. Aeolian b5, Half Diminished)
  • Altered (A.K.A. Diminished Whole Tone, Super Locrian)

• Symmetric Scales

  • Whole Tone
  • Diminished Whole Half (A.K.A. Whole Half)
  • Diminished Half Whole (A.K.A. Half Whole)

• Pentatonic Scales

  • Major Pentatonic
  • Minor Pentatonic
  • Suspended Pentatonic
  • Dominant Pentatonic (A.K.A. Mixolydian Pentatonic)
  • Traditional Japanese "in sen"

• Blues Scales

  • Blues

• Bebop Scales

  • Bebop Major
  • Bebop Minor (A.K.A. Bebop Dorian)
  • Bebop Dominant
  • Bebop Melodic Minor

• Harmonic Scales

  • Harmonic Major
  • Harmonic Minor (A.K.A. Mohammedan)
  • Double Harmonic Major (A.K.A. Arabic, Byzantine)

• Exotic Scales

  • Hungarian Gypsy (A.K.A. Hungarian Minor)
  • Hungarian Major
  • Phrygian Dominant (A.K.A. Spanish, Spanish Phrygian, Spanish Gypsy, Jewish)
  • Neapolitan Minor
  • Neapolitan Major
  • Enigmatic
  • Eight-tone Spanish
  • Balinese Pelog (A.K.A. Balinese, Pelog)
  • Oriental
  • Iwato
  • Yo
  • Prometheus
  • Symmetrical
  • Major Locrian (A.K.A. Arabian)

• Miscellaneous

  • Chromatic
  • Augmented
  • Lydian Minor