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Scale Name Tradition: Western Modern

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.

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