(Assuming 12 equally tempered notes with octave equivalency)
| 7-note scales | 5-note scales (Pentatonics) | 6-note scales | 8-note Scales |
| 9-note scales | 10-note scales | 11-note scales | 12-note scale |
| Unison (1-note) | Intervals (2-Notes) | Triads (3-note) | Tetrads (4-note) |
Warning: Large files
Build your own Scales and Arpeggios 6.0
Higly recommended. This is what I actually use to practice.
11 MB file, so it takes a while to load.
If the file does not perform well on your system, or is confusing because of all the options, I have some previous versions with fewer options on the Interactive page.
The note per pattern shift variations are newer material not in the main documents. (Note per Pattern is not the same as Note per String.)
| By Number of Notes (as above in one chart) | By Similarity | Alphabetically |
Short list of
just the most important scales
| Scales from the church modes | Scales from harmonic minor | Scales from melodic minor | Scales from whole-tone patterns | Scales from octatonic patterns |
Comparison chart for the
above patterns
Seven-note
scale similarity to major
Seven-note
scale similarity to minor
Modal groups similar to the church modes
Seven-note Scales sorted by interval size
Three notes per string speed scale
Two-string repeated pattern speed scale
Three-string repeated pattern speed scale
Four notes per string extended range scale
Five notes per string extended range scale
One note per string reference scale
Two notes per string reference scale
Seven notes per string reference scale
A comparison of how I name scales to other scale name traditions. If you can not find a scale in another page, do a search here and then fiind the name I use.
A comparison of the most popular modes This was an early version of the All the Scales idea which metastasized into the pages above.
My old Learning Scales section
The old Learning Scale section uses tablature instead of vertical
forms and does not include a lot of the scale forms I know now,
but does include some material not covered here. I need to merge
them.
All the Chords Similar to this
page, but with chords