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Every seven-note scale
There are 66 seven-note scales once you fold together transpositions and modes. Where tradition has no name, you'll see the one William Zeitler coined for it at AllTheScales.org, marked coined.
Every seven-note scale
There are 66 seven-note scales once you fold together transpositions and modes (a mode is the same notes from a different root). Each is shown as degrees against the major scale, in the mode closest to major, with every name we know. A name with a ? is one we haven't confirmed. Where tradition has no name, you'll see the one William Zeitler coined for it at AllTheScales.org, marked coined. Only scales with a leap of a fourth or more have no name at all.
Also: every 5-note scale · every 6-note scale · every 8-note scale
All 66 scales· 16 of 66 have a traditional name · every mode is under Modes.
| # | Degrees (vs. major) and steps | Name(s) | |
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| 1 | 12345678WWHWWWH | Major, Ionian, Bilawal thaat Modes: Dorian, Kafi thaat, Phrygian, Bhairavi thaat, Lydian, Kalyan thaat, Mixolydian, Khamaj thaat, Aeolian, Asavari thaat, Locrian |
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| 2 | 12♭345678WHWWWWH | Melodic minor, Jazz minor Modes: Dorian ♭2, Phrygian ♮6, Javanese, Javanese pelog, Lydian Augmented, Lydian ♯5, Lydian Dominant, Overtone, Acoustic, Lydian ♭7, Hindu, Aeolian dominant, Melodic major, Locrian ♮2, Half-diminished, Aeolian ♭5, Locrian ♯2, Super Locrian, Altered dominant, Diminished whole tone |
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| 3 | 12345♯678WWHWW+HHH | Ionian ♯6 Modes: Dorian Augmented, Phrygian ♯4, Lydian ♯3, Dominant ♯2, Alt Alt, Locrian ♮7 |
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| 4 | 1♯2345678W+HHHWWWH | Ionian ♯2 Modes: Alt ♭♭3 ♭♭7, Ultra Locrian ♭♭3, Neapolitan Minor, Lydian ♯6, Dominant Augmented, Mixolydian ♯5, Aeolian ♯4, Gypsy, Hungarian gypsy, Romani minor, Locrian ♮3, Locrian dominant |
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| 5 | 1♭2345678HW+HHWWWH | Ionian ♭2, Major ♭2 Modes: Harmonic Lydian, Lydian ♭6, Mixolydian ♭5 |
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| 6 | 12345♭678WWHWHW+HH | Harmonic major Modes: Dorian ♭5, Phrygian ♭4, Lydian ♭3, Lydian diminished, Melodic minor ♯4, Mixolydian ♭2, Dominant ♭2, Lydian Augmented ♯2, Locrian ♭♭7 |
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| 7 | 1♭2♭345678HWWWWWH | Neapolitan major Modes: Lydian Augmented ♯6, Lydian Dominant Augmented, Lydian dominant ♯5, Lydian Minor, Lydian dominant ♭6, Major Locrian, Arabian, Alt ♮2, Half-diminished ♭4, Locrian ♮2 ♭4, Alt ♭♭3, Super Locrian ♭♭3, Altered ♭♭3 |
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| 8 | 1♭2345♯678HW+HHWW+HHH | Zodian coined Modes: Ranian, Ladian, Podian, Ionothian, Kanian, Zylian |
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| 9 | 1♭2♭♭345678HHW+HWWWH | Pylian coined Modes: Enigmatic |
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| 10 | 12♭345♯678WHWWW+HHH | Aeracrian coined Modes: Byptian, Darian, Lonian, Aerathian, Sarian, Zoptian |
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| 11 | 1♯2345♭678W+HHHWHW+HH | Syrian coined Modes: Stodian, Ionocrian, Zycrian, Ionygian, Tholian, Ralian |
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| 12 | 1♯2345♯678W+HHHWW+HHH | Ionacrian coined Modes: Todi thaat, Locrian ♭♭3 ♭♭7, Persian |
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| 13 | 1♭2345♭678HW+HHWHW+HH | Double harmonic major, Double harmonic, Byzantine, Arabic, Gypsy major, Hijaz Kar, Bhairav thaat Modes: Lydian ♯6 ♯2, Alt ♮5 ♭♭7, Hungarian Minor, Double harmonic minor, Gypsy minor, Hungarian gypsy, Oriental, Asian, Ionian Augmented ♯2, Locrian ♮3 ♮7 |
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| 14 | 1♭23♯45678HW+HWHWWH | Lydian ♭2, Marva thaat Modes: Super Lydian Augmented, Aeolian ♭♭7, Harmonic minor ♭♭7, Locrian ♭♭6, Ionian ♭5, Major ♭5, Dorian ♭4, Phrygian ♭♭3 |
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| 15 | 12345♭6♭♭78WWHWHHW+H | Ionagian coined Modes: Aeodian, Kycrian, Epygian, Zaptian, Kagian, Phrolian |
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| 16 | 12♭345♭678WHWWHW+HH | Harmonic minor Modes: Locrian ♮6, Ionian ♯5, Augmented major, Dorian ♯4, Ukrainian Dorian, Romanian minor, Phrygian Dominant, Phrygian ♮3, Spanish Phrygian, Spanish gypsy, Freygish, Ahava Rabbah, Maqam Hijaz, Lydian ♯2, Ultralocrian, Ultra Locrian, Altered ♭♭7, Alt ♭♭7 |
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| 17 | 1234♭5♭♭678WWHHH2WH | Gorian coined Modes: Aeolodian, Doptian, Aeraphian, Zacrian, Ionythian, Aeolyrian |
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| 18 | 1♭2♭♭345♯678HHW+HWW+HHH | Epythian coined Modes: Kaptian, Morian, Rycrian, Ronian, Stycrian, Katorian |
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| 19 | 1♭2♭345♯678HWWWW+HHH | Staptian coined Modes: Mothian, Aeranian, Ragian, Pagian, Aeolythian, Molian |
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| 20 | 123♯♯4♯♯5♯678WWW+HWHHH | Gycrian coined Modes: Pyrian, Stathian, Mixonyphian, Magian, Dadian, Aeolylian |