Select a Key
Choose a key to explore all scales
Church Modes
Ionian
Happy
Bright, uplifting, resolved
Dorian
Groovy
Minor but hopeful, jazzy
Phrygian
Dark
Spanish, tense, exotic
Lydian
Dreamy
Floating, ethereal, magical
Mixolydian
Groovy
Bluesy major, rock feel
Aeolian (Natural Minor)
Sad
Melancholic, emotional
Locrian
Unstable
Dissonant, unresolved, dark
Minor Variants
Harmonic Minor
Dramatic
Classical tension, exotic
Melodic Minor
Sophisticated
Jazz minor, smooth
Phrygian Dominant
Exotic
Middle Eastern, intense
Harmonic Major
Bittersweet
Major with tension, classical
Pentatonic & Blues
Major Pentatonic
Uplifting
Simple, folk, universal
Minor Pentatonic
Bluesy
Rock, blues foundation
Blues Scale
Soulful
Gritty, expressive
Bebop
Bebop Dominant
Swinging
Jazz, chromatic passing tone
Bebop Major
Swinging
Jazz, smooth chromatic
Symmetric
Whole Tone
Dreamy
Floating, impressionist
Diminished (Whole-Half)
Tense
Symmetrical, suspenseful
Diminished (Half-Whole)
Tense
Dominant diminished, jazz
Augmented
Unstable
Symmetrical, otherworldly
Chromatic
Neutral
All 12 tones, atonal
Jazz/Altered
Altered (Super Locrian)
Tense
Dominant altered, dissonant
Lydian Dominant (Acoustic)
Bright
Overtone series, natural
Lydian Augmented
Ethereal
Bright and unstable
Lydian Diminished
Mysterious
Minor with raised 4th
Locrian ♮6
Dark
Half-diminished sound
Major Locrian
Unstable
Major with flat 5
Half Diminished (Locrian ♮2)
Melancholic
Minor 7 flat 5 sound
Hungarian/Gypsy
Hungarian Minor
Dramatic
Gypsy, theatrical
Hungarian Major
Exotic
Bright gypsy sound
Gypsy Scale
Passionate
Eastern European folk
Ukrainian Dorian
Melancholic
Eastern European minor
Middle Eastern
Double Harmonic (Byzantine)
Mysterious
Middle Eastern, ornate
Arabic
Mysterious
Middle Eastern, ornate
Persian
Exotic
Ancient Persian sound
Neapolitan
Neapolitan Major
Dramatic
Classical, romantic
Neapolitan Minor
Dark
Classical tension
Japanese
Hirajoshi
Melancholic
Japanese, haunting
In Sen
Contemplative
Zen, minimalist
Iwato
Dark
Dissonant Japanese
Yo Scale
Bright
Japanese folk, pentatonic
Exotic
Enigmatic
Mysterious
Unusual, ambiguous
Prometheus
Mystical
Scriabin, whole tone variant
Tritone
Tense
Symmetrical, unstable
Two-Semitone Tritone
Dissonant
Cluster-based, modern
Istrian
Dark
Diminished, folk
Scale of Harmonics
Natural
Overtone series based
Pelog
Ethereal
Indonesian gamelan