https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBLkBPsHrhs

Incorporating Jazz Chords into your Riffs Maj7,Maj7-11#, Min9, MinAdd9, Min7Flat6

Lydian vertical position for metal chords.

http://docs.solfege.org/3.21/C/scales/hun.html

HUNGARIAN SCALE AND ITS MODES

See also the COMPARATIVE TABLE below

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I HUNGARIAN

II SUPERLOCRIAN bb6 bb7

III HARMONIC MINOR b5

IV SUPERLOCRIAN #6

V JAZZ MINOR #5

VI DORIAN b9 #11

VII LYDIAN AUGMENTED #3

HUNGARIAN

Alternative names: Hungarian Major, Lydian Dominant sharp 2, Mixolydian sharp 9 sharp 11, Lydian #2 b7, Mixolydian #2 #4

It starts from the first grade of hungarian scale

Structure: 3121212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C, C7, C7(#9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7, CØ, C7(b5)

SUPERLOCRIAN bb6 bb7

It starts from the second grade of hungarian scale

Structure: 1212123

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

diminished diminished

Chord simbols: Cdim, C°

HARMONIC MINOR b5

Alternative names: Harmonic Minor flat 5

It starts from the third grade of hungarian scale

Structure: 2121231

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

diminished minor with major seventh and diminished fifth

Chord simbols: Cm^(b5)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^(#5)

SUPERLOCRIAN #6

Alternative names: Superlocrian sharp 6

It starts from the fourth grade of hungarian scale

Structure: 1212312

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

diminished half diminished

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:

Seventh chord:

dominant with diminished fifth

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5), C13(b5 b9 #9)

JAZZ MINOR #5

Alternative names: Melodic Minor sharp 5

It starts from the fifth grade of hungarian scale

Structure: 2123121

chords over first notes:

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor with major seventh and augmented fifth

Chord simbols: Cm^(#5)

DORIAN b9 #11

Alternative names: Dorian flat 9 sharp 11

It starts from the sixth grade of hungarian scale

Structure: 1231212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(b9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(b5)

LYDIAN AUGMENTED #3

Alternative names: Lydian Augmented sharp 3, Lydian #3 #5

It starts from the seventh grade of hungarian scale

Structure: 2312121

COMPARATIVE TABLE

between Octatonic scale and some Hungarian scale modes (I, II, IV and VI)

OCTATONIC C Db D# E F# G A Bb C Formula

HUNGARIAN(Major) C D# E F# G A Bb C

R m3 M3 A4 P5 M6 m7

First tritone(egyptian) with Lydian A4 and Dorian/MixoLydian M6-m7

SUPERLOCRIAN bb6 bb7C Db D# E F# G A C

SUPERLOCRIAN #6 C Db D# E Gb A Bb C

DORIAN b9 #11 C Db Eb F# G A Bb C

Hungarian Minor: w - h - + - h - h - + - h ( R M2 m3 A4 P5 m6 M7 R ) [Aeolian first tetrachord, with Lydian A4 and last tritone(Egyptian)]

Between Diminished scale and the rest of modes from Hungarian scale (III, V and VII)

DIMINISHED C D Eb F Gb G# A B C

HARMONIC MINOR b5 C D Eb F Gb Ab B C

MELODIC MINOR #5 C D Eb F G# A B C

LYDIAN AUGMENTED #3 C D E# F# G# A B C

See also Diminished (and Octatonic) scale

DIMINISHED SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I DIMINISHED

II OCTATONIC

DIMINISHED

Alternative names: Wholestep - Halfstep

It starts from the first grade of diminished scale

Structure: 21212121

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

diminished diminished

Chord simbols: Cdim, C°

There are only 3 transposition of this mode:

every other trasposition contains the same (or enharmonic) notes of one of theese.

OCTATONIC

Alternative names: Halfstep - Wholestep

It starts from the second grade of diminished scale

Structure: 12121212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C7, C7(b9), C13(b9), C13(b9 #9 #11)

There are only 3 transposition of this mode:

every other trasposition contains the same (or enharmonic) notes of one of theese.

http://robsilverguitars.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/hungarian-minor.html

http://docs.solfege.org/3.21/C/scales/

AUGMENTED SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I AUGMENTED

II AUGMENTED INVERSE

AUGMENTED

It starts from the first grade of augmented scale

Structure: 313131

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

augmented major seventh with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C+, C^(#5)

There are only 4 transposition of this mode:

every other trasposition contains the same (or enharmonic) notes of one of theese.

AUGMENTED INVERSE

It starts from the second grade of augmented scale

Structure: 131313

chords over first notes:

Triad:

augmented

There are only 4 transposition of this mode:

every other trasposition contains the same (or enharmonic) notes of one of theese.

BEBOP SCALES

NAME NOTES DESCRIPTION

BEBOP MAJOR Ionian scale adding sharp 5th

BEBOP DOMINANT Mixolydian scale adding major 7th

BEBOP DORIAN Dorian scale adding major 3rd

BEBOP MINOR Jazz Minor scale adding sharp 5th

BEBOP LOCRIAN Locrian scale adding natural 5th

LUES SCALE

NAME NOTES

BLUES

BLUES SCALE

It is a Minor Pentatonic scale with an augmented fourth added

MINOR PENTATONIC C Eb F G Bb C

BLUES SCALE C Eb F F# G Bb C

Structure: 321132

This artificial scale is very useful and can be played over every kind of chord (major, minor, dominant, ecc.) and over every blues progression or turnaround.

Its tipical bluesy sound cames from the blue notes this scale contains: minor third, minor seventh, augmented fourth.

DOUBLE HARMONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I DOUBLE HARMONIC MAJOR

II LYDIAN #2 #6

III ULTRAPHRYGIAN

IV HUNGARIAN MINOR

V ORIENTAL

VI IONIAN AUGMENTED #2

VII LOCRIAN bb3 bb7

DOUBLE HARMONIC MAJOR

Alternative names: Ionian flat 2 flat 6, Double Harmonic, Bizantine, Major Gipsy, Charhargah

It starts from the first grade of double harmonic scale

MAJOR C D E F G A B C

HARMONIC MAJOR C D E F G Ab B C

DOUBLE HARMONIC C Db E F G Ab B C

Structure: 1312131

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C^, C^(b6 b9)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5)

This mode works well even on dominant chords

LYDIAN #2 #6

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 2 sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 3121311

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: Cmaj7, C^, C^(#11), C^(#6 #9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7, Cm7, CØ, C7(b5), C^(b5)

ULTRAPHRYGIAN

Alternative names: Phrygian b4 bb7, Ultralocrian natural 5

It starts from the third grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 1213113

chords over first notes:

Triad:

minor

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:

Triad:

major

HUNGARIAN MINOR

Alternative names: Harmonic Minor sharp 4, Lydian flat 3 flat 6, Double Harmonic Minor, Algerian, Minor Gipsy

It starts from the fourth grade of double harmonic scale

HARMONIC MINOR C D Eb F G Ab B C

DOUBLE HARMONIC MINOR C D Eb F# G Ab B C

Structure: 2131131

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor with major seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^9, Cm^(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^(b5), Cm^(#5)

ORIENTAL

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 5 flat 9, Mixolydian b2 b5

It starts from the fifth grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 1311312

chords over first notes:

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

dominant

Chord simbols: C7, C7(b5), C7(b5 b9)

IONIAN AUGMENTED #2

Alternative names: Ionian sharp 2 sharp 5

It starts from the sixth grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 3113121

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented major seventh with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C+, Cmaj7(#5), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5 #9)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^(#5)

LOCRIAN bb3 bb7

It starts from the seventh grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 1131213

Enharmonic interpretation:

HARMONIC MAJOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I HARMONIC MAJOR

II DORIAN b5

III PHRYGIAN b4

IV LYDIAN b3

V MIXOLYDIAN b9

VI LYDIAN AUGMENTED #2

VII LOCRIAN bb7

HARMONIC MAJOR

Alternative names: Ionian flat 6

It starts from the first grade of harmonic major scale

HARMONIC MINOR C D Eb F G Ab B C

HARMONIC MAJOR C D E F G Ab B C

Structure: 2212131

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: C, C(maj7), C^, C9(maj7), C^9, C^(b6), C^(b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5), C^9(#5)

DORIAN b5

Alternative names: Locrian sharp 2 sharp 6, Dorian flat 5

It starts from the second grade of harmonic major scale

Structure: 2121312

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

diminished half diminished

Chord simbols: Cm7(b5), Cm9(b5), CØ, CØ9

PHRYGIAN b4

Alternative names: Phrygian flat 4, Superlocrian natural 5, Superphrygian

It starts from the third grade of harmonic major scale

Structure: 1213122

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

minor minor seventh

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

major dominant

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7, C7(#5), C7(b9 #9 b13)

LYDIAN b3

Alternative names: Lydian flat 3, Jazz Minor sharp 4, Jazz Minor #11, Lydian Diminished

It starts from the fourth grade of harmonic major scale

Structure: 2131221

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor with major seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^9, Cm^(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^(b5)

MIXOLYDIAN b9

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 2

It starts from the fifth grade of harmonic major scale

Structure: 1312212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C, C7, C7(b9), C13(b9)

LYDIAN AUGMENTED #2

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 2 sharp 5

It starts from the sixth grade of harmonic major scale

Structure: 3122121

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented major seventh with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C+, Cmaj7(#5), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5 #9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C^(b5), Cm^(b5)

LOCRIAN bb7

Alternative names: Locrian diminished 7

It starts from the seventh grade of harmonic major scale

Structure: 1221213

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

diminished diminished

Chord simbols: Cdim, C°, C°7

HARMONIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I HARMONIC MINOR

II LOCRIAN #6

III IONIAN AUGMENTED

IV ROMANIAN

V PHRYGIAN DOMINANT

VI LYDIAN #2

VII ULTRALOCRIAN

HARMONIC MINOR

Alternative names: Aeolian major 7, Melodic Minor flat 6, Mohammedan

It starts from the first grade of harmonic minor scale

NATURAL MINOR C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

HARMONIC MINOR C D Eb F G Ab B C

Structure: 2122131

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor with major seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^, Cm9(maj7), Cm^9, Cm(b6), Cm^(b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm(#5), Cm^(#5)

LOCRIAN #6

Alternative names: Locrian sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 1221312

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

diminished half diminished

Chord simbols: Cm7(b5), Cm7(b5 b9), CØ, CØ(b9)

IONIAN AUGMENTED

Alternative names: Ionian sharp 5

It starts from the third grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 2213121

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented major seventh with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C+, C+(maj7), C^+, C9+(maj7), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5)

ROMANIAN

Alternative names: Dorian sharp 4, Dorian #11, Misheberakh

It starts from the fourth grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 2131212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm7(#11), Cm9(#11), Cm13(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(b5), CØ

PHRYGIAN DOMINANT

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 9 flat 13, Phrygian Major, Balkan, Spanish Gipsy, Ahava Rabah, Mixolydian b2 b6

It starts from the fifth grade of harmonic minor scale

PHRYGIAN C Db Eb F G Ab Bb C

PHRYGIAN DOMINANT C Db E F G Ab Bb C

Structure: 1312122

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C, C7, C7(b9), C7(b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5), C7(#5 b9)

LYDIAN #2

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 2

It starts from the sixth grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 3121221

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C^, Cmaj7(#9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^, Cm^(b5), C^(b5)

ULTRALOCRIAN

Alternative names: Diminished , Superlocrian bb7

It starts from the seventh grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 1212213

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

diminished diminished

Chord simbols: Cdim, C°, C°7

MAJOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

See alsto the COMPARATIVE TABLE below

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I IONIAN

II DORIAN

III PHRYGIAN

IV LYDIAN

V MIXOLYDIAN

VI AEOLIAN

VII LOCRIAN

IONIAN

Alternative names: Major, Diatonic, Greek Lydian, Hypolydian

It starts from the first grade of major scale

Structure: 2212221

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9

DORIAN

Alternative names: Greek Phrygian, Hypomixolydian

It starts from the second grade of major scale

Structure: 2122212

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, Cm13, Cm6, Cm6/9

PHRYGIAN

Alternative names: Greek Dorian, Hypoaeolian, Maqam Kurd, Major Inverse

It starts from the third grade of major scale

Structure: 1222122

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(b9), Cm11(b9), Cm11(b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Csus(b9)

LYDIAN

Alternative names: Greek Hypolydian, Hypolocrian

It starts from the fourth grade of major scale

Structure: 2221221

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9, Cmaj7(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cmaj7(b5)

MIXOLYDIAN

Alternative names: Greek Hypophrygian, Hypoionian

It starts from the fifth grade of major scale

Structure: 2212212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C11, C13, Csus, C7sus, C9sus, C13sus

AEOLIAN

Alternative names: Natural Minor, Pure Minor, Ancient Minor, Greek Hypodorian, Hypodorian

It starts from the sixth grade of major scale

Structure: 2122122

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, Cm7(b13), Cm9(b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(#5), Cm9(#5)

LOCRIAN

Alternative names: Half Diminished, Greek Mixolydian, Hypophrygian

It starts from the seventh grade of major scale

Structure: 1221222

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

diminished half diminished

Chord simbols X: Cm7(b5), CØ, Cm7(b5 b9), CØ(b9)

COMPARATIVE TABLE

From the brighter mode (Lydian) to the darker one (Locrian)In the middle there is the Dorian mode

LYDIAN C D E F# G A B C

IONIAN C D E F G A B C

MIXOLYDIAN C D E F G A Bb C

DORIAN C D Eb F G A Bb C

AEOLIAN C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

PHRYGIAN C Db Eb F G Ab Bb C

LOCRIAN C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C

MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I JAZZ MINOR

II DORIAN b9

III LYDIAN AUGMENTED

IV LYDIAN DOMINANT

V MIXOLYDIAN b6

VI SEMILOCRIAN

VII SUPERLOCRIAN

Classical Melodic Minor scale has two forms: ascending and descending:

the descending form correspond to the natural minor scale.

In modern music, however, even the ascending form can be used to descend.

JAZZ MINOR

Alternative names: Melodic Minor Ascending, Minor Major, Modern Minor, Ionian flat 3, Dorian maj7, Ipoionian, Dorian major 7

It starts from the first grade of melodic minor scale

The name Minor Major is because this mode starts like a minor mode an ends like a major one.

NATURAL MINOR C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

HARMONIC MINOR C D Eb F G Ab B C

MELODIC MINOR C D Eb F G A B C

Structure: 2122221

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor with major seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm6, Cm^, Cm9(maj7), Cm^9, Cm6/9

DORIAN b9

Alternative names: Dorian flat 9, Phrygian sharp 6, Javanese

It starts from the second grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 1222212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(b9), Cm11(b9), Cm13(b9)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Csus(b9)

LYDIAN AUGMENTED

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 5

It starts from the third grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2222121

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented major seventh with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C+, C+(maj7), C^+, C9+(maj7), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5), C^(#5 #11)

LYDIAN DOMINANT

Alternative names: Overtone, Lydian flat 7, Mixolydian sharp 11, Mixolydian #4

It starts from the fourth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2221212

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C7(#11), C9(#11), C13(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5)

MIXOLYDIAN b13

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 6, Hindu, Aeolian sharp 3, Aeolian Dominant, Hindustan

It starts from the fifth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2212122

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C7(b13), C9(b13), Csus, C7sus, C9sus

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

SEMILOCRIAN

Alternative names: Locrian natural 2, Half Diminished, Aeolian flat 5, Locrian #2

It starts from the sixth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2121222

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

diminished half diminished

Chord simbols: Cm7(b5), CØ, Cm9(b5), CØ9

SUPERLOCRIAN

Alternative names: Altered, Ravel, Diminished Whole-tone, Locrian flat 4

It starts from the seventh grade of melodic minor scale

The name Diminished Whole-tone is because this mode starts like a diminished mode an ends like a whole-tone one.

Structure: 1212222

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

diminished half diminished

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented dominant with augmented fifth

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7alt, C7(b5), C7(#5), C+7, C7(b5 b9), C7(#5 #9), C7(b9 #9 #11 b13), ecc.

ALL SCALES

MODES AND SCALES

MAJOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I IONIAN

II DORIAN

III PHRYGIAN

IV LYDIAN

V MIXOLYDIAN

VI AEOLIAN

VII LOCRIAN

MELODIC MINOR SCALES AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I JAZZ MINOR

II DORIAN b9

III LYDIAN AUGMENTED

IV LYDIAN DOMINANT

V MIXOLYDIAN b13

VI SEMILOCRIAN

VII SUPERLOCRIAN

HARMONIC MINOR SCALES AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I HARMONIC MINOR

II LOCRIAN #6

III IONIAN AUGMENTED

IV ROMANIAN

V PHRYGIAN DOMINANT

VI LYDIAN #2

VII ULTRALOCRIAN

HARMONIC MAJOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I HARMONIC MAJOR

II DORIAN b5

III PHRYGIAN b4

IV LYDIAN b3

V MIXOLYDIAN b9

VI LYDIAN #2 #5

VII LOCRIAN bb7

NEAPOLITAN SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I NEAPOLITAN

II LEADING WHOLE-TONE

III LYDIAN AUGMENTED DOMINANT

IV LYDIAN DOMINANT b6

V MAJOR LOCRIAN

VI SEMILOCRIAN b4

VII SUPERLOCRIAN bb3

NEAPOLITAN MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I NEAPOLITAN MINOR

II LYDIAN #6

III MIXOLYDIAN AUGMENTED

IV HUNGARIAN GYPSY

V LOCRIAN DOMINANT

VI IONIAN #2

VII ULTRALOCRIAN bb3

DOUBLE HARMONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I DOUBLE HARMONIC MAJOR

II LYDIAN #2 #6

III ULTRAPHRYGIAN

IV HUNGARIAN MINOR

V ORIENTAL

VI IONIAN AUGMENTED #2

VII LOCRIAN bb3 bb7

HUNGARIAN SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I HUNGARIAN

II SUPERLOCRIAN bb6 bb7

III HARMONIC MINOR b5

IV SUPERLOCRIAN #6

V MELODIC MINOR #5

VI DORIAN b9 #11

VII LYDIAN AUGMENTED #3

ENIGMATIC SCALE

NAME NOTES (ascending) NOTES (descending)

ENIGMATIC

SYMMETRIC SCALES

DIMINISHED SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I DIMINISHED

II OCTATONIC

WHOLE TONE SCALE

NAME NOTES

WHOLE TONE

AUGMENTED SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I AUGMENTED

II AUGMENTED INVERSE

PENTATONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I MAJOR PENTATONIC

II SUSPENDED PENTATONIC

III MAN GONG

IV RITUSEN

V MINOR PENTATONIC

BLUES SCALE

NAME NOTES

BLUES

BEBOP SCALES

NAME NOTES

BEBOP MAJOR

BEBOP DOMINANT

BEBOP DORIAN

BEBOP MINOR

BEBOP LOCRIAN

NEAPOLITAN SCALE AND ITS MODES

See also the COMPARATIVE TABLE below

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I NEAPOLITAN

II LEADING WHOLE-TONE

III LYDIAN AUGMENTED DOMINANT

IV LYDIAN DOMINANT b6

V MAJOR LOCRIAN

VI SEMILOCRIAN b4

VII SUPERLOCRIAN bb3

NEAPOLITAN

Alternative names: Neapolitan Major, Jazz Minor flat 2

It starts from the first grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 1222221

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor with major seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^(b9)

LEADING WHOLE-TONE

Alternative names: Lydian Augmented sharp 6, Lydian sharp 5 sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2222211

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented major seventh with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C^+, Cmaj7(#5), Cmaj7(#5 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

LYDIAN AUGMENTED DOMINANT

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 5 flat7, Mixolydian sharp 5 sharp 11, Mixolydian #4 #5

It starts from the third grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2222112

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented dominant with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C7(#5), C+7, C7(#5 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5)

LYDIAN DOMINANT b6

Alternative names: Lydian flat 6 flat 7, Mixolydian sharp 11 flat 13, Mixolydian #4 b6, Lydian Minor

It starts from the fourth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2221122

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major dominant

Chord simbols: C7, C7(#11 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5), C7(#5)

MAJOR LOCRIAN

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 5 flat 6, Mixolydian b5 b13, Locrian sharp 2 sharp 3, Arabian

It starts from the fifth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2211222

chords over first notes:

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

dominant with diminished fifth

Chord simbols: C7(b5), C9(b5), C7(b5 b13), C9(b5 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

SEMILOCRIAN b4

Alternative names: Locrian natural 2 flat 4, Semilocrian flat 4

It starts from the sixth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2112222

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

diminished half diminished

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented dominant with augmented fifth

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5 #11), C7(#5 9 #9 #11), C7(b5)

SUPERLOCRIAN bb3

It starts from the seventh grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 1122222

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented dominant with augmented fifth

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5 #11), C7(b5), C7(#5 b9 9 #11)

COMPARATIVE TABLE

between Neapolitan scale and Whole-Tone scale

WHOLE-TONE (Db) Db Eb F G A B

NEAPOLITAN C Db Eb F G A B C

between Whole-Tone scale and the rest of modes from Neapolitan scale

WHOLE-TONE (C) C D E F# G# A# C

LEADINGWHOLE-TONE

C D E F# G# A# B C

LYDIAN AUGMENTED DOMINANT C D E F# G# A Bb C

LYDIAN DOMINANT b6 C D E F# G Ab Bb C

MAJOR LOCRIAN C D E F Gb Ab Bb C

SEMILOCRIAN b4 C D D# E Gb Ab Bb C

SUPERLOCRIAN bb3 C Db D E Gb Ab Bb C

See also Whole-Tone scale

NEAPOLITAN MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I NEAPOLITAN MINOR

II LYDIAN #6

III MIXOLYDIAN AUGMENTED

IV HUNGARIAN GIPSY

V LOCRIAN DOMINANT

VI IONIAN #2

VII ULTRALOCRIAN bb3

NEAPOLITAN MINOR

Alternative names: Neapolitan Major flat 6, Harmonic Minor flat 2, Phrygian maj7

It starts from the first grade of neapolitan scale

NEAPOLITAN C Db Eb F G A B C

NEAPOLITAN MINOR C Db Eb F G Ab B C

Structure: 1222131

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor with major seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^(b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^(#5)

LYDIAN #6

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2221311

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: C^, Cmaj7, Cmaj7(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C^(b5), C7, C7(b5)

MIXOLYDIAN AUGMENTED

Alternative names: Mixolydian sharp 5

It starts from the third grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2213112

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

augmented dominant with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C7(#5), C+7, C7(#5)

HUNGARIAN GIPSY

Alternative names: Aeolian sharp 4

It starts from the fourth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2131122

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(#11 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(b5), Cm7(#5)

LOCRIAN DOMINANT

Alternative names: Locrian sharp 3, Oriental flat 6, Mixolydian flat 5 flat 9 flat 13, Mixolydian b2 b5 b6

It starts from the fifth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 1311222

chords over first notes:

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

dominant with diminished fifth

Chord simbols: C7(b5), C7(b5 b9), C7(b5 b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

IONIAN #2

Alternative names: Ionian sharp 2

It starts from the sixth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 3112221

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major major seventh

Chord simbols: Cmaj7, C^, C^(#9)

Enharmonic chord symbols: Cm^

ULTRALOCRIAN bb3

It starts from the seventh grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 1122213

Enharmonic interpretation:

PENTATONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I MAJOR PENTATONIC

II SUSPENDED PENTATONIC

III MAN GONG

IV RITUSEN

V MINOR PENTATONIC

MAJOR PENTATONIC

It starts from the first grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 22323

chords over first notes:

Triad:

major

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9

SUSPENDED PENTATONIC

Alternative names: Yo, Egyptian

It starts from the second grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 23232

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

Chord simbols: C7sus, C9sus

MAN GONG

It starts from the third grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 32322

RITUSEN

It starts from the fourth grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 23223

MINOR PENTATONIC

It starts from the fifth grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 32232

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord:

minor minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7

YMMETRIC SCALES

DIMINISHED SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I DIMINISHED

II OCTATONIC

WHOLE TONE SCALE

NAME NOTES

WHOLE TONE

AUGMENTED SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I AUGMENTED

II AUGMENTED INVERSE

WHOLE-TONE SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES

I WHOLE-TONE

WHOLE-TONE

Alternative names: Exatonic, Anemitonic

Structure: 222222

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:

Triad: Seventh chord: Complete Chord:

augmented dominant with augmented fifth

Chord simbols: C+, C7(#5), C9(#5), C9(#5 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5)

There are only 2 transposition of this mode:

every other trasposition contains the same (or enharmonic) notes of one of theese.