Scales for contemporary music

Major Scales

Major Pentatonic: Drop the 4th and 7th

Minor Scales

Natural Minor: Relative to key

Melodic Minor: Raise 6th and 7th up not down

Mixolydian: Flat the 7th

Dorian Mode: Raise the 6th

Phrygian: Flat the 2nd

Minor Pentatonic: Drop the 2nd and 6th

Blues: From Minor pentatonic, add flat 5th