Scales & Modes Map

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Scale tonesGold: notes explained below

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1 = root. Degrees refer to major: ♭ lowers a note; ♯ raises it by one semitone. Step numbers count semitones, including the return to C.

Melodic minor uses the same notes up and down here (the fixed jazz form). Classical descent usually uses natural minor. Japanese scale names have variants; common Western forms are shown.

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Piano: adapted Salamander Grand Piano samples by Alexander Holm, CC BY 3.0. Inter: SIL Open Font License. Sample selection, tuning, onset trimming, envelopes, gain, MP3 encoding and playback-rate transposition by MTS. Piano source.