MUSC 111 - Scales

modal scales

dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, locrian (plus ionian and aeolian)

major scale

ionian scale

natural minor scale

aeolian scale

symmetrical scales

whole tone, octatonic

melodic scales

major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, major blues, minor blues

dorian scale (major lens)

major (ionian) scale starting on scale degree 2

phrygian scale (major lens)

major (ionian) scale starting on scale degree 3

lydian scale (major scale-degree lens)

major (ionian) scale starting on scale degree 4

mixolydian scale (major scale-degree lens)

major (ionian) scale starting on scale degree 5

minor (aeolian) scale (major lens)

major (ionian) scale starting on scale degree 6

locrian scale (major lens)

major (ionian) scale starting on scale degree 7

minor-sounding modal scales (minor triad with 1, 3, 5)

dorian, phrygian

major-sounding modal scales (major triad with 1, 3, 5)

lydian, mixolydian

dorian scale (minor lens)

natural minor with raised scale degree 6

phrygian scale (minor lens)

natural minor with lowered scale degree 2

lydian scale

major with raised scale degree 4

mixolydian scale

major with lowered scale degree 7

locrian scale (minor lens)

natural minor with lowered scale degree 2 and 5

diminished-sounding modal scales (diminished triad with 1, 3, 5)

locrian

whole tone scale

whole note intervals between each note

octatonic (diminished) scale

half/whole interval pattern

major pentatonic scale

subset of major scale, remove scale degree 4 and 7

minor pentatonic scale

subset of minor scale, remove scale degree 2 and 6

major blues scale

major pentatonic scale with extra “blue” note between scale degree 2 and 3

minor blues scale

minor pentatonic scale with extra “blue” notes between scale degree 4 and 5

altered dominant scale

natural minor with lowered scale degree 2, 4, and 5

(melodic minor scale that is a half step above the root of the dominant chord, AKA start on scale degree 7, C melodic minor - B altered scale)

5-note scales

major pentatonic, minor pentatonic

6-note scales

whole tone, major blues, minor blues

7-note scales

modal (dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, locrian), altered dominant

8-note scale

octatonic