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 Sen
E|-----------
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-------