Music Theory: Scales and Modes

A collection of flashcards defining various musical scales and modes including major, minor, pentatonic, blues, and exotic variations.

Major scale

Ionian

Minor scale

Aolian

Harmonic minor

natural minor with raised $7^{th}$

Melodic minor

natural minor with raised $6^{th}$ and $7^{th}$ - naturalise on descent

Major Pentatonic

major scale and remove $4^{th}$ and $7^{th}$

Minor pentatonic

minor scale and remove $2^{nd}$ and $6^{th}$

Major Blues

major pentatonic scale with added flat $3^{rd}$ (then naturalised $3^{rd}$ after)

Minor blues

minor pentatonic scale with added flat $5^{th}$ (then naturalised $5^{th}$ after)

Whole tone scale

Constructed using whole tone steps

Chromatic

Constructed using semi tone steps

Hungarian minor

natural minor with raised $4^{th}$ and $7^{th}$