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Every six-note scale
There are 80 six-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 six-note scale
There are 80 six-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. 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 7-note scale · every 8-note scale
All 80 scales· 6 of 80 have a traditional name · every mode is under Modes.
| # | Degrees (vs. major) and steps | Name(s) | |
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| 1 | 1235678WWW+HWWH | Thaptimic coined Modes: Dominant Sus, Dominant Suspended, Mixolydian sus, Ritsu |
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| 2 | 1234578WWHW2WH | Ionyptimic coined Modes: Gyrimic, Zalimic, Stolimic, Garimic, Soptimic |
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| 3 | 13456782WHWWWH | Bylimic coined Modes: Zothimic, Phrolimic, Ionagimic, Aeolaphimic, Kycrimic |
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| 4 | 1245678WW+HWWWH | Gonimic coined Modes: Darmic, Lonimic, Ionycrimic, Phradimic, Aeolorimic |
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| 5 | 1235♭778WWW+HW+HHH | Bycrimic coined Modes: Pathimic, Zagimic, Lagimic, Thyrimic, Thothimic |
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| 6 | 1♭223568HHWW+HWW+H | Phrynimic coined Modes: Stathimic, Thatimic, Ionacrimic, Gathimic, Ionynimic |
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| 7 | 1235♭668WWW+HHHW+H | Dygimic coined Modes: Zolimic, Epogimic, Lanimic, Paptimic, Dalimic |
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| 8 | 12♭33568WHHW+HWW+H | Major Blues Modes: Blues, Minor Blues |
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| 9 | 1♭235678HW+HW+HWWH | Banimic coined Modes: Palimic, Stothimic, Aeronimic, Katagimic, Phronimic |
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| 10 | 12356♭78WWW+HWHW | Zeracrimic coined Modes: Byptimic, Phracrimic, Aerathimic, Sarimic, Zoptimic |
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| 11 | 1235♭678WWW+HHW+HH | Stonimic coined Modes: Syptimic, Dynimic, Zydimic, Zathimic, Radimic |
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| 12 | 1♯235678W+HHW+HWWH | Porimic coined Modes: Aerylimic, Mothimic, Aeranimic, Ragimic, Dolimic |
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| 13 | 1♭223578HHWW+H2WH | Dyptimic coined Modes: Ryrimic, Gylimic, Aeolycrimic, Kytrimic, Golimic |
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| 14 | 134♯45782WHHH2WH | Mocrimic coined Modes: Zynimic, Aeolimic, Zythimic, Daptimic, Kygimic |
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| 15 | 1356♭7782WW+HWHHH | Starimic coined Modes: Phrathimic, Saptimic, Aerodimic, Macrimic, Rogimic |
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| 16 | 135♭66782WW+HHHWH | Bygimic coined Modes: Thycrimic, Aeoladimic, Dylimic, Eponimic, Katygimic |
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| 17 | 1♯234578W+HHHW2WH | Donimic coined Modes: Aeoloptimic, Panimic, Lodimic, Thogimic, Rythimic |
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| 18 | 1♭234578HW+HHW2WH | Katadimic coined Modes: Kodimic, Tholimic, Ralimic, Bolimic, Bothimic |
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| 19 | 1345♭6682WHWHHW+H | Syrimic coined Modes: Stodimic, Ionocrimic, Zycrimic, Ionygimic, Katathimic |
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| 20 | 1345♭7782WHWW+HHH | Epygimic coined Modes: Zaptimic, Kagimic, Zogimic, Epyrimic, Lycrimic |