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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.
| 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 |