C Scales Reference

Comprehensive reference for all musical scales with C as the root note.

Scale Name	Category	Notes (C Root)	Intervals
Major Scale MAJOR	Diatonic	C D E F G A B	0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11
Natural Minor Scale NATURAL_MINOR	Minor	C D Eb F G Ab Bb	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 10
Minor Pentatonic Scale MINOR_PENTATONIC	Pentatonic	C Eb F G Bb	0 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 10
Major Pentatonic Scale MAJOR_PENTATONIC	Pentatonic	C D E G A	0 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 9
Dorian Mode DORIAN	Modal	C D Eb F G A Bb	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 10
Mixolydian Mode MIXOLYDIAN	Modal	C D E F G A Bb	0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 10
Blues Scale BLUES	Blues	C Eb F F# G Bb	0 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 10
Harmonic Minor Scale HARMONIC_MINOR	Minor	C D Eb F G Ab B	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 11
Aeolian Mode AEOLIAN	Modal	C D Eb F G Ab Bb	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 10
Lydian Mode LYDIAN	Modal	C D E F# G A B	0 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 11
Melodic Minor Scale MELODIC_MINOR	Minor	C D Eb F G A B	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11
Phrygian Mode PHRYGIAN	Modal	C Db Eb F G Ab Bb	0 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 10
Major Blues Scale MAJOR_BLUES	Blues	C D Eb E G A	0 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 9
Ionian Mode IONIAN	Modal	C D E F G A B	0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11
Locrian Mode LOCRIAN	Modal	C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb	0 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 10
Whole Tone Scale WHOLE_TONE	Symmetrical	C D E F# G# A#	0 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10
Diminished Scale DIMINISHED	Symmetrical	C D Eb F Gb Ab A B	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 11
Chromatic Scale CHROMATIC	Theoretical	C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B	0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11