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C Chromatic ScaleC ChromaticAll twelve pitch classes, each a half step from the next. Notes: C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B.C Gypsy Major ScaleC Gypsy MajorA 7-note scale with two augmented-second gaps (between the b2 and 3, and between the b6 and 7). Notes: C, Db, E, F, G, Ab, B. Also known as the Double Harmonic Major, Byzantine, or Arabic scale.C Half-Whole Diminished ScaleC Half-Whole DiminishedAn 8-note symmetric scale alternating half step, whole step, half step... - also called the dominant diminished scale. Notes: C, Db, D#, E, F#, G, A, Bb.C Major Pentatonic ScaleC Major PentatonicThe major scale with the 4th and 7th degrees removed, leaving five notes with no half steps between them. Notes: C, D, E, G, A.C Major ScaleC MajorThe Ionian mode - whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. The default sound of Western tonal music. Notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B.C Mixolydian Bebop ScaleC Mixolydian BebopMixolydian with an added natural 7th passing tone between the b7 and the octave - the most commonly used of the bebop scales, also called the Bebop Dominant scale. Notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, Bb, B.C Persian ScaleC PersianA 7-note scale with two augmented-second gaps (between the b2 and 3, and between the b6 and 7), giving it a strongly Middle Eastern character. Notes: C, Db, E, F, Gb, Ab, B.C Whole Tone ScaleC Whole ToneSix notes, each a whole step from the next - no half steps and no perfect fifth anywhere in the scale. Notes: C, D, E, F#, G#, A#.
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A Gypsy Major ScaleA Gypsy MajorA 7-note scale with two augmented-second gaps (between the b2 and 3, and between the b6 and 7). Notes: A, Bb, C#, D, E, F, G#. Also known as the Double Harmonic Major, Byzantine, or Arabic scale.A Half-Whole Diminished ScaleA Half-Whole DiminishedAn 8-note symmetric scale alternating half step, whole step, half step... - also called the dominant diminished scale. Notes: A, Bb, B#, C#, D#, E, F#, G.A Major Pentatonic ScaleA Major PentatonicThe major scale with the 4th and 7th degrees removed, leaving five notes with no half steps between them. Notes: A, B, C#, E, F#.A Major ScaleA MajorThe Ionian mode - whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. The default sound of Western tonal music. Notes: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#.A Mixolydian Bebop ScaleA Mixolydian BebopMixolydian with an added natural 7th passing tone between the b7 and the octave - the most commonly used of the bebop scales, also called the Bebop Dominant scale. Notes: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, G#.A Persian ScaleA PersianA 7-note scale with two augmented-second gaps (between the b2 and 3, and between the b6 and 7), giving it a strongly Middle Eastern character. Notes: A, Bb, C#, D, Eb, F, G#.A Whole Tone ScaleA Whole ToneSix notes, each a whole step from the next - no half steps and no perfect fifth anywhere in the scale. Notes: A, B, C#, D#, E#, F##.