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List of Scales on C
| Scale
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| Major (C, D, E, F, G, A, B)
Pattern: M2 M2 m2 M2 M2 M2 m2
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| Natural Minor (C, D, E♭, F, G, Ab, B♭)
Pattern: M2 m2 M2 M2 m2 M2 M2
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| Harmonic Minor (C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B)
Pattern: M2 m2 M2 M2 m2 m3 m2
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| Melodic Minor (C, D, E♭, F, G, A, B); when ascending we use this scale in melodic minor, however when descending we use the natural minor
Pattern: M2 m2 M2 M2 M2 M2 m2
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| Acoustic Scale (C, D, E, F♯, G, A and B♭): a major scale with an augmented fourth and flattened seventh, also known as the Bartok Scale
Pattern: M2 M2 M2 m2 M2 m2 M2
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Church Modes
| Scale
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| Ionian (otherwise known as the "Major scale")
Pattern: (begins on the first degree of the major scale)
M2 M2 m2 M2 M2 M2 m2
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| Dorian (a minor scale with a major 6th)
Pattern: (begins on the second degree of the major scale)
M2 m2 M2 M2 M2 m2 M2
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| Phrygian (a minor scale with a minor second)
Pattern: (begins on the third degree of the major scale)
m2 M2 M2 M2 m2 M2 M2
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| Lydian (a major scale with an augmented fourth)
Pattern: (begins on the fourth degree of the major scale)
M2 M2 M2 m2 M2 M2 m2
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| Mixolydian (a major scale with a lowered seventh)
Pattern: (begins on the fifth degree of the major scale)
M2 M2 m2 M2 M2 m2 M2
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| Aeolian (otherwise known as the "Natural Minor scale")
Pattern: (begins on the sixth degree of the major scale)
M2 m2 M2 M2 m2 M2 M2
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| Locrian (a minor scale with a minor second and diminished fifth)
Pattern: (begins on the seventh degree of the major scale)
m2 M2 M2 m2 M2 M2 M2
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Modes of Limited Transposition
| Modes
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| First Mode (C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯): otherwise known as the Whole Tone Scale
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| Second Mode (C, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, G, A, B♭): otherwise known as the Octatonic Scale
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| Third Mode (C, D, E♭, E, G♭, G, A, B♭)
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| Fourth Mode (C, D♭, D, F, G♭, G, A♭, B♭, B)
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| Fifth Mode (C, D♭, F, G♭, G, B)
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| Sixth Mode (C, D, E, F, F♯, G♯, A♯, B)
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| Seventh Mode (C, D♭, D, E♭, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B)
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Pentatonic scales
-Pentatonic Major (C, D, E, G, A)
-Pentatonic Minor (C, Eb, F, G, Bb,)
Non-western scales
Algerian scale
