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36 Normal and Weird Scales

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36 Normal and Weird Scales

By Kieran Hughes

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They're in Alphabetical Order

2nd Mode of In Sen

E|-------------|
G|-------------|
B|-------------|
D|---------0-2-|
A|-----1-4-----|
E|-0-4---------|

Arabian

E|-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------4-5-|
B|-------------------2-3-5-----|
D|-------------1-2-4-----------|
A|-------0-1-3-----------------|
E|-0-2-4-----------------------|

Balinese

E|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
B|-------------------2-3-5-|
D|-------------2-3-5-------|
A|-------0-1-3-------------|
E|-0-1-3-------------------|

Basic Pentatonic

E|---------------------0-3-|
G|-----------------0-3-----|
B|-------------0-2---------|
D|---------0-2-------------|
A|-----0-2-----------------|
E|-0-3---------------------|

Byzantine

E|-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------4-5-|
B|-------------------2-4-5-----|
D|-------------1-2-3-----------|
A|-------0-2-3-----------------|
E|-0-1-4-----------------------|

Diminished Scale HW

E|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2-3-5-|
B|---------------------0-1-3-4-----|
D|---------------0-2-3-------------|
A|---------1-2-4-------------------|
E|-0-1-3-4-------------------------|

Diminished Scale WH

E|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
D|---------------0-2-3-|
A|-------0-1-3-4-------|
E|-0-2-3---------------|

Dorian

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------1-2-|
A|-------0-2-4-----|
E|-0-2-3-----------|

East Indian Purvi

E|---------------------------|
G|-----------------------4-5-|
B|-------------------1-3-----|
D|-------------1-2-3---------|
A|-------1-2-3---------------|
E|-0-1-4---------------------|

Enigmatic

E|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------1-3-4-5-|
B|-------------------1-3---------|
D|-----------0-1-2-3-------------|
A|-------1-3---------------------|
E|-0-1-4-------------------------|

Fifth Mode

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------0-2-|
A|-------0-2-3-----|
E|-0-2-4-----------|

Harmonic Major

E|-----------------------------0-|
G|-------------------------1-4---|
B|-------------------1-2-4-------|
D|-------------1-2-4-------------|
A|-------0-2-3-------------------|
E|-0-2-4-------------------------|

Harmonic Minor

E|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0-1-4-5-|
B|-------------------0-2---------|
D|-------------0-2-4-------------|
A|-------0-2-3-------------------|
E|-0-2-3-------------------------|

Hijaz

E|-----------------------------0-|
G|-----------------------0-1-3---|
B|-------------------1-2---------|
D|-------------0-2-3-------------|
A|-------0-2-3-------------------|
E|-0-1-4-------------------------|

Hungarian Gypsy

E|-----------------------------0-|
G|-----------------------0-1-2---|
B|-------------------1-3---------|
D|---------------2-4-------------|
A|-------1-2-3-4-----------------|
E|-0-2-4-------------------------|

Hungarian Major

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------0-2-|
A|-------1-2-4-----|
E|-0-3-4-----------|

Hungarian Minor

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------1-2-|
A|-------1-2-3-----|
E|-0-2-3-----------|

Japanese In Sen

E|-----------|
G|-----------|
B|-----------|
D|---------1-|
A|-----0-2---|
E|-0-1-------|

Locrian

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------0-2-|
A|-------0-1-3-----|
E|-0-1-3-----------|

Locrian #2

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------0-2-|
A|-------0-1-3-----|
E|-0-2-3-----------|

Lydian

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------1-2-|
A|-------1-2-4-----|
E|-0-2-4-----------|

Lydian Augmented

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------1-2-|
A|-------1-3-4-----|
E|-0-2-4-----------|

Lydian Dominant

E|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
D|-------------0-2--------------|
A|-------1-2-4------------------|
E|-0-2-4------------------------|

Major

E|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------2-4-5-|
B|-------------------1-2-4-------|
D|-------------1-2-4-------------|
A|-------0-2-4-------------------|
E|-0-2-4-------------------------|

Major Pentatonic

E|-------------|
G|-------------|
B|-------------|
D|-----------2-|
A|-------2-4---|
E|-0-2-4-------|

Melodic Minor

E|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0-2-4-5-|
B|-------------------0-2---------|
D|-------------1-2-4-------------|
A|-------0-2-4-------------------|
E|-0-2-3-------------------------|

Minor Pentatonic

E|--------------|
G|--------------|
B|--------------|
D|-----------2--|
A|-------2-4----|
E|-0-2-3--------|

Mixolydian

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------0-2-|
A|-------0-2-4-----|
E|-0-2-4-----------|

Natural Minor

E|-----------------------------0-|
G|-----------------------0-1-3---|
B|-------------------0-2---------|
D|-------------0-2-4-------------|
A|-------0-2-3-------------------|
E|-0-2-3-------------------------|

Neopolitan Major

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------1-2-|
A|-------0-2-4-----|
E|-0-1-3-----------|

Oriental

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------0-2-|
A|-------0-1-4-----|
E|-0-1-4-----------|

Persian

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------1-2-|
A|-------0-1-3-----|
E|-0-1-4-----------|

Phrygian

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------1-2-|
A|-------0-2-3-----|
E|-0-1-3-----------|

Phrygian #6

E|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
D|-------------0-2-|
A|-------0-2-4-----|
E|-0-1-3-----------|

Suspended Pentatonic

E|-------------|
G|-------------|
B|-------------|
D|---------0-2-|
A|-----0-2-----|
E|-0-2---------|

Whole Tone Scale

E|-------------|
G|-------------|
B|-------------|
D|-----------0-|
A|-------1-3---|
E|-0-2-4-------|

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