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Comprehensive Scale Formulas Guide

The document lists scale formulas for 168 different musical scales, including major scales, minor scales, modal scales, jazz scales, and other scales from different musical traditions. Each scale is represented by its sequence of intervals in numbers representing the notes of the Western chromatic scale.

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Comprehensive Scale Formulas Guide

The document lists scale formulas for 168 different musical scales, including major scales, minor scales, modal scales, jazz scales, and other scales from different musical traditions. Each scale is represented by its sequence of intervals in numbers representing the notes of the Western chromatic scale.

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  • Musical Scale Formulas

168 Scale Formulas bb=Double Flat N=Natural

Major: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1
Dorian: 1-2-3b-4-5-6-7b-1
Phrygian: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6b-7b-1
Lydian: 1-2-3-4#-5-6-7-1
Mixolydian: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7b-1
Aeolian: 1-2-3b-4-5-6b-7b-1
Locrain: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-6b-7b-1
Melodic: 1-2-3b-4-5-6-7-1
Dorian b2: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6-7b-1
Lydian Aug: 1-2-3-4#-5#-6-7-1
Lydian Dom: 1-2-3-4#-5-6-7b-1
Hindu: 1-2-3-4-5-6b-7b-1
Locrian N2: 1-2-3b-4-5b-6b-7b-1
Super Locrian: 1-2b-3b-4b-5b-6b-7b-1
Harmonic Minor: 1-2-3b-4-5-6b-7-1
Locrian N6: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-6-7b-1
Ionian #5: 1-2-3-4-5#-6-7-1
Dorian #4: 1-2-3b-4#-5-6-7b-1
Phrygian N3: 1-2b-3-4-5-6b-7b-1
Lydian #2: 1-2#-3-4#-5-6-7-1
Alt bb7: 1-2b-3b-3-5b-6b-7bb-1
Harmonic Major: 1-2-3-4-5-6b-7-1
Dorian b5: 1-2-3b-4-5b-6-7b-1
Phrygian b4: 1-2b-3b-4b-5-6b-7b-1
Lydian b3: 1-2-3b-4#-5-6-7-1
Dominant b2: 1-2b-3-4-5-6-7b-1
Lydian Aug #2: 1-2#-3-4#-5#-6-7-1
Locrian bb7: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-6b-7bb-1
Hungarian Minor: 1-2-3b-4#-5-6b-7-1
Oriental: 1-2b-3-4-5b-6-7b-1
Ionian Aug #2: 1-2#-3-4-5#-6-7-1
Ionian bb3 bb7: 1-2b-3bb-4-5b-6b-7bb-1
Double Harmonic: 1-2b-3-4-5-6b-7-1
Lydian #6 #2: 1-2#-3-4#-5-6#-7-1
Alt N5 bb7: 1-2b-3b-3-5-6b-7bb-1
Hungarian Major: 1-2#-3-4#-5-6-7b-1
Alt bb6 bb7: 1-2b-3b-3-5b-6bb-7bb-1
Locrian N2 N7: 1-2-3b-4-5b-6b-7-1
Alt N6: 1-2b-3b-3-5b-6-7b-1
Melodic Aug: 1-2-3b-4-5#-6-7-1
Dorian b2 #4: 1-2b-3b-4#-5-6-7b-1
Lydian Aug #3: 1-2-3#-4#-5#-6-7-1
Neapolitan Minor: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6b-7-1
Lydian #6: 1-2-3-4#-5-6#-7-1
Dominant Aug: 1-2-3-4-5#-6-7b-1
Hungarian Gypsy: 1-2-3b-4#-5-6b-7b-1
Locrian N3: 1-2b-3-4-5b-6b-7b-1
Ionian #2: 1-2#-3-4-5-6-7-1
Alt bb3 bb7: 1-2b-3bb-3-5b-6b-7bb-1
Neapolitan Major: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6-7-1
Lydian Aug #6: 1-2-3-4#-5#-6#-7-1

Lydian Dom Aug: 1-2-3-4#-5#-6-7b-1


Lydian Minor: 1-2-3-4#-5-6b-7b-1
Major Locrian: 1-2-3-4-5b-6b-7b-1
Alt N2: 1-2-3b-3-5b-6b-7b-1
Alt bb3: 1-2b-3bb-3-5b-6b-7b-1
Enigmatic Minor: 1-2b-3b-4#-5-6#-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2-4-4#-6-6#-7-1
Mode 3: 1-2#-3-5-5#-6-7b-1
Mode 4: 1-2b-3-4-5b-6bb-7bb-1
Mode 5: 1-2#-3-4-5b-6b-7-1
Mode 6: 1-2b-3bb-3-5bb-6b-7bb-1
Mode 7: 1-2b-3bb-3-5-6b-7-1
Enigmatic: 1-2b-3-4#-5#-6#-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2#-4-5-6-6#-7-1
Mode 3: 1-2-3-4#-5-6b-7bb-1
Mode 4: 1-2-3-4-5b-6bb-7b-1
Mode 5: 1-2-3b-3-4-6b-7b-1
Mode 6: 1-2b-3bb-3-5b-6b-7b-1
Mode 7: 1-2b-3bb-4-5-6-7-1
Composite II: 1-2b-3-4#-5-6b-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2#-4-4#-5-6#-7-1
Mode 3: 1-2-3b-3-5b-6b-7bb-1
Mode 4: 1-2b-3bb-4-5b-6bb-7b-1
Mode 5: 1-2b-3-4-5b-6-7-1
Mode 6: 1-2#-3-4-5#-6#-7-1
Mode 7: 1-2b-3bb-4-5-6b-7bb-1
Ionian b5: 1-2-3-4-5b-6-7-1
Dorian b4: 1-2-3b-4b-5-6-7b-1
Phrygian bb3: 1-2b-3bb-4-5-6b-7b-1
Lydian b2: 1-2b-3-4#-5-6-7-1
Super Lydian Aug: 1-2#-4-4#-5#-6#-7-1
Aeolian bb7: 1-2-3b-4-5-6b-7bb-1
Locrian bb6: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-6bb-7b-1
Locrian N2: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-6b-7-1
Ionian #6: 1-2-3-4-5-6#-7-1
Dorian Aug: 1-2-3b-4-5#-6-7b-1
Phrygian #4: 1-2b-3b-4#-5-6b-7b-1
Lydian #3: 1-2-4-4#-5-6-7-1
Dominant #2: 1-2#-3-4-5-6-7b-1
Alt Alt: 1-2b-3bb-3-5b-6bb-7bb-1
Persian: 1-2b-3-4-5b-6b-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2#-3-4-5-6#-7-1
Mode 3: 1-2-3bb-3-5-6b-7bb-1
Mode 4: 1-2b-3b-4#-5-6b-7-1
Mode 5: 1-2-4-4#-5-6#-7-1
Mode 6: 1-2#-3-4-5#-6-7b-1
Mode 7: 1-2b-3bb-4-5b-6bb-7bb-1
Minor Pent: 1-3b-4-5-7b-1
Major Pent: 1-2-3-5-6-1
Mode 3: 1-2-4-5-7b-1
Mode 4: 1-3b-4-5#-7b-1
Mode 5: 1-2-4-5-6-1

Kumoi: 1-2-3b-5-6-1
Mode 2: 1-2b-4-5-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-3-5b-6-7-1
Mode 4: 1-2-4-5-6b-1
Mode 5: 1-3b-4-5b-7b-1
Hirojoshi: 1-2-3b-5-6b-1
Mode 2: 1-2b-4-5b-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-3-4-6-7-1
Mode 4: 1-2b-4-5-6b-1
Mode 5: 1-3-4#-5-7-1
Whole Tone: 1-2-3-4#-5#-6#-1
Augmented: 1-2#-3-5-6b-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2b-3-4-5#-6-1
Pelog:1-2b-3b-3-5-6b-1
Mode 2: 1-2-3b-4#-5-7-1
Mode 3: 1-2b-3-4-6-7b-1
Mode 4: 1-2#-3-5#-6-7-1
Mode 5: 1-2b-4-5b-6b-7bb-1
Mode 6: 1-3-4-5-6b-7-1
Dominant Sus: 1-2-4-5-6-7b-1
Mode 2: 1-3b-4-5-6b-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-2-3-4-5-6-1
Mode 4: 1-2-3b-4-5-7b-1
Mode 5: 1-2b-3b-4-6b-7b-1
Mode 6: 1-2-3-5-6-7-1
Dimin: Whole-Half: 1-2-3b-4-5b-6b-6-7-1
Half-Whole Dimin: 1-2b-3b-3-4#-5-6-7b-1
8 Tone Spanish: 1-2b-3b-3-4-5b-6b-7b-1
Mode 2: 1-2-3b-3-4-5-6-7-1
Mode 3: 1-2b-2-3b-4-5-6-7b-1
Mode 4: 1-2b-2-3-4#-5#-6-7-1
Mode 5: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6b-7b-7-1
Mode 6: 1-2-3-4#-5-6-7b-7-1
Mode 7: 1-2-3-4-5-6b-6-7b-1
Mode 8: 1-2-3b-4-5b-5-6b-7b-1
Bebop Locrian N2: 1-2-3b-4-5b-6b-7b-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2b-3b-3-4#-5#-6-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-2-3b-4-5-6b-6-7-1
Mode 4: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-5-6-7b-1
Mode 5: 1-2-3-4-5b-6b-6-7-1
Mode 6: 1-2-3b-3-4#-5-6-7b-1
Mode 7: 1-2b-2-3-4-5-6b-7b-1
Mode 8: 1-2b-3b-3-4#-5-6-7-1
Bebop Dominant: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7b-7-1
Bebop Minor: 1-2-3b-4-5-6b-6-7b-1
Bebop Loc add 5: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-5-6b-7b-1
Mode 4: 1-2-3-4-5b-5-6-7-1
Mode 5: 1-2-3b-3-4-5-6-7b-1
Mode 6: 1-2b-2-3b-4-5-6b-7b-1
Mode 7: 1-2b-2-3-4#-5-6-7-1
Mode 8: 1-2b-3b-4-5b-6b-7b-7-1

Bebop Dorian: 1-2-3b-4-5-6-7b-7-1


Mode 2: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6b-6-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-2-3-4#-5-6b-6-7-1
Mode 4: 1-2-3-4-5b-5-6-7b-1
Mode 5: 1-2-3b-3-4-5-6b-7b-1
Mode 6: 1-2b-2-3b-4-5b-6b-7b-1
Mode 7: 1-2b-2-3-4-5-6-7-1
Mode 8: 1-2b-3b-3-4#-5#-6#-7-1
Bebop Major: 1-2-3-4-5-6b-6-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2-3b-4-5b-5-6-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-2b-3b-3-4-5-6b-7b-1
Mode 4: 1-2-3b-3-4#-5-6-7-1
Mode 5: 1-2b-2-3-4-5-6-7b-1
Mode 6: 1-2b-3b-3-4#-5#-6-7-1
Mode 7: 1-2-3b-4-5-6b-7b-7-1
Mode 8:1-2b-3b-4-5b-6b-6-7b-1

168 Scale Formulas bb=Double Flat N=Natural
Major: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1
Dorian: 1-2-3b-4-5-6-7b-1
Phrygian: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6b-7b-1
Ly
Lydian Dom Aug: 1-2-3-4#-5#-6-7b-1
Lydian Minor: 1-2-3-4#-5-6b-7b-1
Major Locrian: 1-2-3-4-5b-6b-7b-1
Alt N2: 1-2-3b-3-5b-6b-
Kumoi: 1-2-3b-5-6-1 
Mode 2: 1-2b-4-5-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-3-5b-6-7-1
Mode 4: 1-2-4-5-6b-1
Mode 5: 1-3b-4-5b-7b-1
Hirojoshi: 1-2-3b
Bebop Dorian: 1-2-3b-4-5-6-7b-7-1
Mode 2: 1-2b-3b-4-5-6b-6-7b-1
Mode 3: 1-2-3-4#-5-6b-6-7-1
Mode 4: 1-2-3-4-5b-5-6-7b-1
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