Scales
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List of Scales on C
| Scale | Visual | |
|---|---|---|
| Major (C, D, E, F, G, A, B)
Pattern: M2 M2 m2 M2 M2 M2 m2 |
<music>
\cadenzaOn c d e f g a b </music> | |
| Natural Minor (C, D, E♭, F, G, Ab, B♭)
Pattern: M2 m2 M2 M2 m2 M2 M2 |
<music>
\cadenzaOn c d es f g aes bes </music> | |
| Harmonic Minor (C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B)
Pattern: M2 m2 M2 M2 m2 m3 m2 |
<music>
\cadenzaOn c d es f g aes b </music> | |
| 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 |
<music>
\cadenzaOn c d es f g a b </music> | |
| 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 |
<music>
\cadenzaOn c d e fis g a bes </music> | |
Church Modes
| Scale | Visual | |
|---|---|---|
| Ionian (otherwise known as the "Major scale")
Pattern: (begins on the first degree of the major scale) |
<music>
\cadenzaOn c d e f g a b </music> | |
| Dorian (a minor scale with a major 6th)
Pattern: (begins on the second degree of the major scale) |
<music>
\cadenzaOn d e f g a b c </music> | |
| Phrygian (a minor scale with a minor second)
Pattern: (begins on the third degree of the major scale) |
<music>
\cadenzaOn e f g a b c d </music> | |
| Lydian (a major scale with an augmented fourth)
Pattern: (begins on the fourth degree of the major scale) |
<music>
\cadenzaOn f g a b c d e </music> | |
| Mixolydian (a major scale with a lowered seventh)
Pattern: (begins on the fifth degree of the major scale) |
<music>
\cadenzaOn g' a b c d e f </music> | |
| Aeolian (otherwise known as the "Natural Minor scale")
Pattern: (begins on the sixth degree of the major scale) |
<music>
\cadenzaOn a' b c d e f g </music> | |
| Locrian (a minor scale with a minor second and diminished fifth)
Pattern: (begins on the seventh degree of the major scale) |
<music>
\cadenzaOn b' c d e f g a </music> | |
Modes of Limited Transposition
| Modes | Visual | |
|---|---|---|
| First Mode (C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯): otherwise known as the Whole Tone Scale | <music>
\cadenzaOn c d e fis gis ais </music> | |
| Second Mode (C, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, G, A, B♭): otherwise known as the Octatonic Scale | <music>
\cadenzaOn c des es fes ges g a bes </music> | |
| Third Mode (C, D, E♭, E, G♭, G, A, B♭) | <music>
\cadenzaOn c d es e ges g a bes </music> | |
| Fourth Mode (C, D♭, D, F, G♭, G, A♭, B♭, B) | <music>
\cadenzaOn c des d f ges g aes bes b </music> | |
| Fifth Mode (C, D♭, F, G♭, G, B) | <music>
\cadenzaOn c des f ges g b </music> | |
| Sixth Mode (C, D, E, F, F♯, G♯, A♯, B) | <music>
\cadenzaOn c d e f fis gis ais b </music> | |
| Seventh Mode (C, D♭, D, E♭, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B) | <music>
\cadenzaOn c des d ees f ges g aes a b </music> | |
Pentatonic scales
-Pentatonic Major (C, D, E, G, A)
-Pentatonic Minor (C, Eb, F, G, Bb,)
