36 Normal And Weird Scales

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

E|-- 
G|5- 
B|-- 
D|-- 
A|-- 
E|-- 

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----------- 

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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-------