36 Normal and Weird Scales
By Kieran Hughes
piesarenice@hotmail.com
They're in Alphabetical Order
2nd Mode of In Sen
E|-------------G|-------------B|-------------D|---------0-2-A|-----1-4-----E|-0-4---------
Arabian
E|-----------------------------G|-------------------------4-5-B|-------------------2-3-5-----D|-------------1-2-4-----------A|-------0-1-3-----------------E|-0-2-4-----------------------
Balinese
E|-------------------------G|-------------------------B|-------------------2-3-5-D|-------------2-3-5-------A|-------0-1-3-------------E|-0-1-3-------------------
Basic Pentatonic
E|---------------------0-3-G|-----------------0-3-----B|-------------0-2---------D|---------0-2-------------A|-----0-2-----------------E|-0-3---------------------
Byzantine
E|-----------------------------G|-------------------------4-5-B|-------------------2-4-5-----D|-------------1-2-3-----------A|-------0-2-3-----------------E|-0-1-4-----------------------
Diminished Scale HW
E|---------------------------------G|---------------------------2-3-5-B|---------------------0-1-3-4-----D|---------------0-2-3-------------A|---------1-2-4-------------------E|-0-1-3-4-------------------------
Diminished Scale WH
E|---------------------G|---------------------B|---------------------D|---------------0-2-3-A|-------0-1-3-4-------E|-0-2-3---------------
Dorian
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------1-2-A|-------0-2-4-----E|-0-2-3-----------
East Indian Purvi
E|---------------------------G|-----------------------4-5-B|-------------------1-3-----D|-------------1-2-3---------A|-------1-2-3---------------E|-0-1-4---------------------
Enigmatic
E|-------------------------------G|-----------------------1-3-4-5-B|-------------------1-3---------D|-----------0-1-2-3-------------A|-------1-3---------------------E|-0-1-4-------------------------
Fifth Mode
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------0-2-A|-------0-2-3-----E|-0-2-4-----------
Harmonic Major
E|-----------------------------0-G|-------------------------1-4---B|-------------------1-2-4-------D|-------------1-2-4-------------A|-------0-2-3-------------------E|-0-2-4-------------------------
Harmonic Minor
E|-------------------------------G|-----------------------0-1-4-5-B|-------------------0-2---------D|-------------0-2-4-------------A|-------0-2-3-------------------E|-0-2-3-------------------------
Hijaz
E|-----------------------------0-G|-----------------------0-1-3---B|-------------------1-2---------D|-------------0-2-3-------------A|-------0-2-3-------------------E|-0-1-4-------------------------
Hungarian Gypsy
E|-----------------------------0-G|-----------------------0-1-2---B|-------------------1-3---------D|---------------2-4-------------A|-------1-2-3-4-----------------E|-0-2-4-------------------------
Hungarian Major
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------0-2-A|-------1-2-4-----E|-0-3-4-----------
Hungarian Minor
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------1-2-A|-------1-2-3-----E|-0-2-3-----------
Japanese In SenE|-----------G|-----------B|-----------D|---------1-A|-----0-2---E|-0-1-------
Locrian
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------0-2-A|-------0-1-3-----E|-0-1-3-----------
Locrian #2
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------0-2-A|-------0-1-3-----E|-0-2-3-----------
Lydian
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------1-2-A|-------1-2-4-----E|-0-2-4-----------
Lydian Augmented
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------1-2-A|-------1-3-4-----E|-0-2-4-----------
Lydian Dominant
E|--------------------------G|--------------------------B|--------------------------D|-------------0-2------------A|-------1-2-4-----------------E|-0-2-4-----------------------
Major
E|-------------------------------G|-------------------------2-4-5-B|-------------------1-2-4-------D|-------------1-2-4-------------A|-------0-2-4-------------------E|-0-2-4-------------------------
Major Pentatonic
E|-------------G|-------------B|-------------D|-----------2-A|-------2-4---E|-0-2-4-------
Melodic Minor
E|-------------------------------G|-----------------------0-2-4-5-B|-------------------0-2---------D|-------------1-2-4-------------A|-------0-2-4-------------------E|-0-2-3-------------------------
Minor Pentatonic
E|--------------G|--------------B|--------------D|-----------2--A|-------2-4----E|-0-2-3--------
Mixolydian
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------0-2-A|-------0-2-4-----E|-0-2-4-----------
Natural Minor
E|-----------------------------0-G|-----------------------0-1-3---B|-------------------0-2---------D|-------------0-2-4-------------A|-------0-2-3-------------------E|-0-2-3-------------------------
Neopolitan Major
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------1-2-A|-------0-2-4-----E|-0-1-3-----------
Oriental
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------0-2-A|-------0-1-4-----E|-0-1-4-----------
Persian
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------1-2-A|-------0-1-3-----E|-0-1-4-----------
Phrygian
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------1-2-A|-------0-2-3-----E|-0-1-3-----------
Phrygian #6
E|-----------------G|-----------------B|-----------------D|-------------0-2-A|-------0-2-4-----E|-0-1-3-----------
Suspended Pentatonic
E|-------------G|-------------B|-------------D|---------0-2-A|-----0-2-----E|-0-2---------
Whole Tone Scale
E|-------------G|-------------B|-------------D|-----------0-A|-------1-3---E|-0-2-4-------
