| Name | Image | Sound | Degrees | # of pitch classes | Lower tetrachord | Upper tetrachord | Usual or unusual key signature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 equal temperament | — |  Play |
— | 17 | — | — | — |
| Acoustic scale |
Acoustic scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | whole tone | Dorian | |
| Adonai malakh mode |
Adonai malakh mode on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Lydian | Phrygian | Unusual |
| Aeolian mode or natural minor scale |
Aeolian on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Dorian | Phrygian | Usual |
| Algerian scale |
Algerian scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 etc. | variable | — | — | |
| Alpha scale | — | Play |
— | 15.39 | — | — | — |
| Altered scale |
Altered scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | whole tone | ||
| Augmented scale |
Augmented scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭3 3 5 ♯5 7 | 6 | — | — | |
| Bebop dominant scale |
Bebop dominant scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7 | 8 | — | — | |
| Beta scale | — | Play |
— | 18.75 | — | — | — |
| Blues scale (more on Blues music theory here) |
Blues scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭3 4 ♯4 5 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | |
| Bohlen-Pierce scale | — | Play |
— | — | — | — | — |
| Chromatic scale |
Chromatic scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♯1 2 ♯2 3 4 ♯4 5 ♯5 6 ♯6 7 7 ♭7 6 ♭6 5 ♭5 4 3 ♭3 2 ♭2 1 |
12 | — | — | — |
| Delta scale | — | Play |
— | 85.7 | — | — | — |
| Dorian mode |
Dorian on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | Dorian | Dorian | Usual |
| Double harmonic scale |
Double harmonic scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Mixolydian | Unusual | |
| Enigmatic scale |
Enigmatic scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 7 | 7 | Unusual | ||
| Euler–Fokker genus | — | Play |
— | 6 | — | — | — |
| Flamenco mode |
Flamenco mode on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Unusual |
| Gamma scale | — | Play |
— | 34.29 | — | — | — |
| Gypsy scale |
Gypsy scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | Unusual | |
| Half diminished scale |
Half diminished scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | whole tone | ||
| Harmonic major scale |
|
Play |
1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Lydian | Mixolydian | |
| Harmonic minor scale |
Harmonic minor scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 (♮)7 | 7 | Dorian | Mixolydian | |
| Harmonic Scale |
Harmonic scale chromatic on C.
|
— | — | 144 | — | — | — |
| Hirajoshi scale |
Hirajoshi scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Hungarian gypsy scale |
Hungarian gypsy scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Mixolydian | Unusual | |
| Hungarian minor scale |
Hungarian minor scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Mixolydian | ||
| In scale |
Miyako-bushi scale on D, equivalent to in scale on D, with brackets on fourths.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 4 5 ♭6 | 5 | — | — | |
| Insen scale |
Insen scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 4 5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Ionian mode or major scale |
Ionian on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | Lydian | Lydian | Usual |
| Istrian scale |
Istrian mode on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Iwato scale |
Iwato scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 4 ♭5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Locrian mode |
Locrian on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | whole tone | Usual |
| Lydian augmented scale |
Lydian augmented scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | ||
| Lydian mode |
Lydian on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 | 7 | whole tone | Lydian | Usual |
| Major bebop scale |
|
Play |
1 2 3 4 5 (♯5/♭6) 6 7 | 7(8) | — | — | |
| Major Locrian scale |
|
Play |
1 2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Lydian | whole tone | |
| Major pentatonic scale (more on major scales here) |
|
Play |
1 2 3 5 6 | 5 | — | — | Usual |
| Melodic minor scale |
Melodic minor scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♮6 ♮7 8 ♭7 ♭6 5 4 ♭3 2 1 | 9 | Dorian | — | |
| Melodic minor scale (ascending) |
Melodic minor scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | Dorian | ||
| Minor pentatonic scale |
Minor pentatonic scale on A.
|
Play |
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 | 5 | — | — | Usual |
| Mixolydian mode |
Mixolydian on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | Lydian | Mixolydian | Usual |
| Neapolitan major scale |
|
Play |
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | Lydian | Unusual |
| Neapolitan minor scale |
Neapolitan minor scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 | 7 | Phrygian | Mixolydian | Unusual |
| Non-Pythagorean scale | — | Play |
— | — | — | — | — |
| Octatonic scale |
Octatonic scales on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 |
8 | — | — | |
| Pelog | — | Play |
— | — | — | — | — |
| Persian scale |
Persian scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 | 7 | |||
| Phrygian dominant scale |
Phrygian dominant on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | Unusual | |
| Phrygian mode |
Phrygian on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Usual |
| Prometheus scale |
Prometheus scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7 | 6 | — | — | |
| Quarter tone scale |
Quarter tone scale C.
|
Play |
1  1 ♯1  1 2 2 ♯2 2 3  3 4 4 ♯4 4 5 5 ♯5 5 6 6 ♯6 6 7 7 8 7 7 ♭7  7 6 6 ♭6 6 5  5 ♭5 5 4 4 3 3 ♭3 3 2 2 ♭2 2 1 |
24 | — | — | — |
| Scale of harmonics |
Scale of harmonics C.
|
Play |
— | — | — | — | — |
| Slendro |
Slendro on C compared to a whole tone scale on C.
|
Play or Play |
— | 5 | — | — | — |
| Tritone scale (more on tritones and other intervals here) |
Tritone scale on C.
|
Play |
1 ♭2 3 ♭5 5 ♭7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Ukrainian Dorian scale |
Ukrainian Dorian mode on C.
|
Play |
1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 | 7 | — | Dorian | Unusual |
| Whole tone scale |
Whole tone scale on C.
|
Play |
1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♯6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Yo scale |
Minyō scale on D, equivalent to yo scale on D, with brackets on fourths.
|
Play |
1 ♭3 4 5 7 |
5 | — | — |
From Major to Mixolydian scales – the complete list of musical scales and modes
