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These scales are based on names from the old western modes, but sometimes have "Super" or "Ultra" or "Hyper" added, "Altered", "Diminished", "Half-Diminished", and other indications that the scale is slightly different from its diatonic namesake. Also includes names that have been derived from modern Western musical traditions, including Postmodern and Serialism.
1 | Unison | ||
1 | Monotonic | ||
3 | Hemitone Prime | ||
3 | Duotonic Chromatic | ||
7 | Tritonic Chromatic | ||
7 | Chromatic Trichord | ||
11 | Octatonic Trichord | ||
15 | Tetratonic Chromatic | ||
19 | Hexatonic Trichord | ||
21 | Wholetone Trichord | ||
31 | Pentatonic Chromatic | ||
35 | Major Seventh Trichord | ||
37 | Minor Seventh Trichord | ||
63 | Hexatonic Chromatic | ||
67 | Viennese Trichord | ||
83 | All-Interval Tetrachord 1 | ||
101 | All-Interval Tetrachord 3 | ||
127 | Heptatonic Chromatic | ||
139 | All-Interval Tetrachord 2 | ||
209 | All-Interval Tetrachord 4 | ||
255 | Chromatic Octamode | ||
255 | Octatonic Chromatic | ||
331 | Locrian Pentatonic 1 | ||
395 | Phrygian Pentatonic | ||
397 | Aeolian Pentatonic | ||
407 | All-Trichord Hexachord | ||
455 | Two-semitone Tritone Scale | ||
511 | Chromatic Nonamode | ||
511 | Nonatonic Chromatic | ||
619 | Double-Phrygian Hexatonic | ||
619 | Hexatonic Double Phrygian | ||
621 | Pyramid Hexatonic | ||
653 | Dorian Pentatonic | ||
675 | Altered Pentatonic | ||
677 | Major Complement | ||
681 | Minor Added Sixth Pentatonic | ||
731 | Alternating Heptamode | ||
819 | Augmented Inverse | ||
819 | Six Tone Symmetrical | ||
859 | Ultralocrian | ||
859 | Superlocrian Diminished | ||
859 | Superlocrian Double-flat | ||
859 | Diminished Locrian | ||
923 | Ultraphrygian | ||
1023 | Chromatic Decamode | ||
1023 | Decatonic Chromatic | ||
1113 | Locrian Pentatonic 2 | ||
1115 | Superlocrian Hexamirror | ||
1173 | Dominant Pentatonic | ||
1189 | Suspended Pentatonic | ||
1193 | Minor Pentatonic | ||
1193 | Pentatonic Minor | ||
1197 | Minor Hexatonic | ||
1201 | Mixolydian Pentatonic | ||
1211 | Ceiling Scale | ||
1235 | Tritone Scale | ||
1321 | Phrygian Pentatonic | ||
1365 | Anhemitonic Hexatonic | ||
1365 | Anhemic Hexatonic | ||
1365 | Auxiliary Augmented | ||
1367 | Leading Whole-Tone Inverse | ||
1371 | Superlocrian | ||
1371 | Diminished Whole-tone | ||
1371 | Altered | ||
1389 | Minor Locrian | ||
1389 | Half Diminished | ||
1397 | Major Locrian | ||
1449 | Phrygian Hexatonic | ||
1451 | Major Inverse | ||
1455 | Quartal Octamode | ||
1459 | Phrygian Dominant | ||
1459 | Phrygian Major | ||
1459 | Harmonic Major Inverse | ||
1461 | Melodic Major | ||
1493 | Lydian Minor | ||
1493 | Minor Lydian | ||
1499 | Altered Dominant B | ||
1625 | Hungarian Major No5 | ||
1701 | Mixolydian Hexatonic | ||
1715 | Harmonic Minor Inverse | ||
1717 | Hypermixolydian | ||
1741 | Lydian Diminished | ||
1741 | Altered Dorian | ||
1749 | Acoustic | ||
1749 | Lydian Dominant | ||
1749 | Overtone Scale | ||
1749 | Overtone | ||
1749 | Overtone Dominant | ||
1755 | Octatonic | ||
1755 | Dominant Diminished | ||
1755 | Half-Whole Step Scale | ||
1755 | Dominant | ||
1995 | Dimygian | ||
2047 | Chromatic Undecamode | ||
2047 | Undecatonic Chromatic | ||
2049 | Duotonic Chromatic Descending | ||
2051 | Tritonic Chromatic 2 | ||
2055 | Tetratonic Chromatic 2 | ||
2063 | Pentatonic Chromatic 2 | ||
2079 | Hexatonic Chromatic 4 | ||
2111 | Heptatonic Chromatic 2 | ||
2175 | Octatonic Chromatic 2 | ||
2225 | Ionian Pentatonic | ||
2257 | Lydian Pentatonic | ||
2257 | Augmented | ||
2303 | Nonatonic Chromatic 2 | ||
2457 | Augmented | ||
2483 | Double Harmonic | ||
2483 | Double Harmonic Major | ||
2483 | Enigmatic | ||
2507 | Harsh Minor | ||
2509 | Double Harmonic Minor | ||
2517 | Harmonic Lydian | ||
2523 | Mirage Scale | ||
2559 | Decatonic Chromatic 2 | ||
2709 | Lydian Hexatonic | ||
2731 | Neapolitan Major | ||
2731 | Major Meapolitan | ||
2731 | Lydian Major | ||
2739 | Major-Melodic Phrygian | ||
2745 | Major #2 | ||
2765 | Lydian Diminished | ||
2777 | Aeolian Harmonic | ||
2795 | Locrian Modified | ||
2869 | Major Augmented | ||
2869 | Ionian Augmented | ||
2901 | Lydian Augmented | ||
2925 | Diminished | ||
2925 | Octatonic | ||
2925 | Whole-Half Step Scale | ||
2925 | Auxiliary Diminished | ||
2997 | Altered Mixolydian | ||
2999 | Diminishing Nonamode | ||
3037 | Nine Tone Scale | ||
3071 | Chromatic Undecamode 2 | ||
3071 | Undecatonic Chromatic 2 | ||
3073 | Tritonic Chromatic Descending | ||
3075 | Tetratonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3079 | Pentatonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3087 | Hexatonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3103 | Heptatonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3135 | Octatonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3199 | Nonatonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3277 | Howaboot Scale | ||
3327 | Decatonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3351 | Crater Scale | ||
3413 | Leading Whole-tone | ||
3413 | Major Locrian | ||
3575 | Symmetrical Decatonic | ||
3583 | Chromatic Undecamode 3 | ||
3583 | Undecatonic Chromatic 3 | ||
3585 | Tetratonic Chromatic Descending | ||
3587 | Pentatonic Chromatic 4 | ||
3599 | Heptatonic Chromatic 4 | ||
3615 | Octatonic Chromatic 4 | ||
3647 | Nonatonic Chromatic 4 | ||
3711 | Decatonic Chromatic 4 | ||
3837 | Minor Pentatonic With Leading Tones | ||
3839 | Chromatic Undecamode 4 | ||
3839 | Undecatonic Chromatic 4 | ||
3841 | Pentatonic Chromatic Descending | ||
3843 | Hexatonic Chromatic 5 | ||
3847 | Heptatonic Chromatic 5 | ||
3855 | Octatonic Chromatic 5 | ||
3871 | Nonatonic Chromatic 5 | ||
3903 | Decatonic Chromatic 5 | ||
3967 | Chromatic Undecamode 5 | ||
3967 | Undecatonic Chromatic 5 | ||
3969 | Hexatonic Chromatic Descending | ||
3971 | Heptatonic Chromatic 6 | ||
3975 | Octatonic Chromatic 6 | ||
3983 | Nonatonic Chromatic 6 | ||
3999 | Decatonic Chromatic 6 | ||
4013 | Full Minor | ||
4031 | Chromatic Undecamode 6 | ||
4031 | Undecatonic Chromatic 6 | ||
4033 | Heptatonic Chromatic Descending | ||
4035 | Octatonic Chromatic 7 | ||
4039 | Nonatonic Chromatic 7 | ||
4047 | Decatonic Chromatic 7 | ||
4063 | Chromatic Undecamode 7 | ||
4063 | Undecatonic Chromatic 7 | ||
4065 | Octatonic Chromatic Descending | ||
4067 | Nonatonic Chromatic 8 | ||
4071 | Decatonic Chromatic 8 | ||
4079 | Chromatic Undecamode 8 | ||
4079 | Undecatonic Chromatic 8 | ||
4081 | Nonatonic Chromatic Descending | ||
4083 | Decatonic Chromatic 9 | ||
4087 | Chromatic Undecamode 9 | ||
4087 | Undecatonic Chromatic 9 | ||
4089 | Decatonic Chromatic Descending | ||
4091 | Chromatic Undecamode 10 | ||
4091 | Undecatonic Chromatic 10 | ||
4093 | Chromatic Undecamode 11 | ||
4093 | Undecatonic Chromatic Descending |