The following is a list of musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale.
| Image | Sound | Degrees | Intervals | Integer notation |
| Use of key signature usual or unusual | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-W-H-W-H-W | (0,2,4,6,7,9,10) | 7 | whole tone | minor | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-W-W-H-W-W | (0,2,3,5,7,8,10) | 7 | minor | Phrygian | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 etc. | W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H-W-H-W | (0,2,3,6,7,9,11,12,14,15,17) | variable | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | 15.39 | — | — | — | ||
| Altered scale or Super Locrian scale | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-W-H-W-W-W-W | (0,1,3,4,6,8,10) | 7 | diminished | whole tone | — | |||
| 1 3 3 5 5 7 | 3H-H-3H-H-3H-H | (0,3,4,7,8,11) | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 | W-W-H-W-W-H-H-H | (0,2,4,5,7,9,10,11) | 8 | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | 18.75 | — | — | — | ||
| 1 3 4 5 5 7 | 3H-W-H-H-3H-W | (0,3,5,6,7,10) | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 | H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H-H | (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11) | 12 | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | 85.7 | — | — | — | ||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-W-W-W-H-W | (0,2,3,5,7,9,10) | 7 | minor | minor | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-3H-H-W-H-3H-H | (0,1,4,5,7,8,11) | 7 | harmonic | harmonic | Unusual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-3H-W-W-W-H-H | (0,1,4,6,8,10,11) | 7 | Unusual | ||||||
| — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-3H-H-W-H-3H-H | (0,1,4,5,7,8,11) | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Unusual | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | 34.29 | — | — | — | ||
| "Gypsy" scale | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-3H-H-H-W-W | (0,2,3,6,7,8,10) | 7 | Gypsy | Phrygian | Unusual | |||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-W-H-W-W-W | (0,2,3,5,6,8,10) | 7 | minor | whole tone | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-H-W-H-3H-H | (0,2,4,5,7,8,11) | 7 | major | harmonic | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-W-W-H-3H-H | (0,2,3,5,7,8,11) | 7 | minor | harmonic | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | 144 | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 3 4 5 7 | 2W-W-H-2W-H | (0,4,6,7,11) | 5 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-3H-H-H-3H-H | (0,2,3,6,7,8,11) | 7 | Gypsy | harmonic | Unusual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 3H-H-W-H-W-H-W | (0,3,4,6,7,9,10) | 7 | — | minor | Unusual | ||||
| 1 2 4 5 6 | H-2W-W-H-2W | (0,1,5,7,8) | 5 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 4 5 7 | H-2W-W-3H-W | (0,1,5,7,10) | 5 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-H-W-W-W-H | (0,2,4,5,7,9,11) | 7 | major | major | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 5 | H-W-H-W-H-5H | (0,1,3,4,6,7) | 6 | diminished | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 4 5 7 | H-2W-H-2W-W | (0,1,5,6,10) | 5 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-W-W-H-W-W-W | (0,1,3,5,6,8,10) | 7 | Phrygian | whole tone | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-W-W-H-W-H | (0,2,4,6,8,9,11) | 7 | whole tone | diminished | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-3H-H-H-W-H | (0,2,3,6,7,9,11) | 7 | gypsy | major | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-W-H-W-W-H | (0,2,4,6,7,9,11) | 7 | whole tone | major | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 (5/6) 6 7 | W-W-H-W-(H-H)-W-H | (0,2,4,5,7,(8),9,11) | 7(8) | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-H-H-W-W-W | (0,2,4,5,6,8,10) | 7 | major | whole tone | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 5 6 | W-W-3H-W-3H | (0,2,4,7,9) | 5 | — | — | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | W-H-W-W-W-W-H (ascending) W-W-H-W-W-H-W (descending) | (0,2,3,5,7,9,11) (ascending)(12,10,8,7,5,3,2) (descending) | 9 | minor | varies | — | ||||
| Melodic minor scale (ascending) | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-W-W-W-W-H | (0,2,3,5,7,9,11) | 7 | minor | major | — | |||
| 1 3 4 5 7 | 3H-W-W-3H-W | (0,3,5,7,10) | 5 | — | — | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-W-H-W-W-H-W | (0,2,4,5,7,9,10) | 7 | major | minor | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-W-W-W-W-W-H | (0,1,3,5,7,9,11) | 7 | Phrygian | major | Unusual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-W-W-W-H-3H-H | (0,1,3,5,7,8,11) | 7 | Phrygian | harmonic | Unusual | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 71 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-W-H-W-H-W-HH-W-H-W-H-W-H-W | (0,2,3,5,6,8,9,11)(0,1,3,4,6,7,9,10) | 8 | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | |||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-3H-H-H-W-3H-H | (0,1,4,5,6,8,11) | 7 | harmonic | unusual | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-3H-H-W-H-W-W | (0,1,4,5,7,8,10) | 7 | harmonic | Phrygian | Unusual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | H-W-W-W-H-W-W | (0,1,3,5,7,8,10) | 7 | Phrygian | Phrygian | Usual | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 6 7 | W-W-W-3H-H-W | (0,2,4,6,9,10) | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 78 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 | Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-Q | (0,1/2,1,3/2,2,5/2,3,7/2,4,9/2,5,11/2,6,13/2,7,15/2,8,17/2,9,19/2,10,21/2,11,23/2) | 24 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 3 3 4 5 6 | 3H-H-H-W-W-3H | (0,3,4,5,7,9) | — | — | — | — | ||||
| or | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | |||
| 1 2 3 5 5 7 | H-3H-W-H-3H-W | (0,1,4,6,7,10) | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 2 4 5 6 | H-H-4H-H-H-4H | (0,1,2,6,7,8) | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | W-H-3H-H-W-H-W | (0,2,3,6,7,9,10) | 7 | Gypsy | minor | Unusual | ||||
| 1 3 3 3 4 5 | 5Q-Q-H-H-W | (0,5/2,3,4,5,7) | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 | W-W-W-W-W-W | (0,2,4,6,8,10) | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1 3 4 5 7 | 3H-W-W-3H-W | (0,3,5,7,10) | 5 | — | — | — |
| Tetrachords | Semitones | Letters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromatic | 1 1 1 | H-H-H | |
| Diminished | 1 2 1 | H-W-H | |
| Gypsy | 2 1 3 | W-H-3H | |
| Harmonic | 1 3 1 | H-3H-H | |
| Major | 2 2 1 | W-W-H | |
| Minor | 2 1 2 | W-H-W | |
| Phrygian/ Upper minor | 1 2 2 | H-W-W | |
| Whole tone | 2 2 2 | W-W-W |