Guitar scales
Every scale type on StringScales, grouped by family. Open a scale for its notes, chords and all twelve keys on the interactive fretboard. Scales marked with a guide badge have an in-depth article.
Pentatonic
Blues
Major/Minor
Harmonic minor
Melodic minor
Hungarian minor
Neapolitan minor
Neapolitan major
Messiaen's modes
- Half-whole diminished1 b2 b3 3 #4 5 6 b7 · 8 notes
- Whole tone1 2 3 #4 #5 #6 · 6 notes
- Messiaen's mode #31 2 b3 3 #4 5 b6 b7 7 · 9 notes
- Messiaen's mode #41 b2 2 4 #4 5 b6 7 · 8 notes
- Messiaen's mode #51 b2 4 #4 5 7 · 6 notes
- Messiaen's mode #61 2 3 4 #4 #5 #6 7 · 8 notes
- Messiaen's mode #71 b2 2 b3 4 #4 5 b6 6 7 · 10 notes
Raga
Bebop
Augmented
Diminished
Harmonic major
Koto
Other pentatonics
- Ionian pentatonic1 3 4 5 7 · 5 notes
- Mixolydian pentatonic1 3 4 5 b7 · 5 notes
- Minor six pentatonic1 b3 4 5 6 · 5 notes
- Flat six pentatonic1 2 3 5 b6 · 5 notes
- Whole tone pentatonic1 3 b5 b6 b7 · 5 notes
- Lydian #5P pentatonic1 3 #4 #5 7 · 5 notes
- Lydian dominant pentatonic1 3 #4 5 b7 · 5 notes
- Minor #7M pentatonic1 b3 4 5 7 · 5 notes
- Super locrian pentatonic1 b3 b4 b5 b7 · 5 notes
Other scales
- Vietnamese 11 b3 4 5 b6 · 5 notes
- Pelog1 b2 b3 5 b6 · 5 notes
- Scriabin1 b2 3 5 6 · 5 notes
- Minor hexatonic1 2 b3 4 5 7 · 6 notes
- Piongio1 2 4 5 6 b7 · 6 notes
- Prometheus1 2 3 #4 6 b7 · 6 notes
- Mystery #11 b2 3 b5 b6 b7 · 6 notes
- Locrian major1 2 3 4 b5 b6 b7 · 7 notes
- Double harmonic lydian1 b2 3 #4 5 b6 7 · 7 notes
- Augmented heptatonic1 #2 3 4 5 #5 7 · 7 notes
- Lydian minor1 2 3 #4 5 b6 b7 · 7 notes
- Balinese1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 7 · 7 notes
- Hungarian major1 #2 3 #4 5 6 b7 · 7 notes
- Flamenco1 b2 b3 3 #4 5 b7 · 7 notes
- Persian1 b2 3 4 b5 b6 7 · 7 notes
- Enigmatic1 b2 3 b5 b6 b7 7 · 7 notes
- Spanish heptatonic1 b2 b3 3 4 5 b6 b7 · 8 notes
- Minor six diminished1 2 b3 4 5 b6 6 7 · 8 notes
- Composite blues1 2 b3 3 4 b5 5 6 b7 · 9 notes
- Chromatic1 b2 2 b3 3 4 b5 5 b6 6 b7 7 · 12 notes
