Scales Lexicon

Over 100 scales notated and played for you. Transposition for instruments in Ab, Eb, Bb, F, C, G, D, A, and E. Play along! Create a pdf of the notation and piano key markings for sharing or printing. Listen and watch the notes and piano keys highlight as it plays.

Transpose with a touch, to any root, in treble, alto, tenor or bass clef. See the scale notated correctly, with double sharps and flats as needed. For example, Gb minor has a B double flat, not an A.
Have the scale played in a wide variety of ways.
• Choose from 11 rhythmic patterns.
• Choose 1, 2 or 3 octaves.
• Loop continuously, or play just once through.
• Select the space between each loop.
• Choose if you want the scale played forward and backward (up and down), or just forward.
• Includes an optional 2 or 4 beat count-off.

Included scales:
• Common:
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor - Up & Down
Whole-Half Diminished
Half-Whole Diminished
Whole-tone
Chromatic

• Modes:
Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian

• Jazz:
Major Pentatonic
Minor Pentatonic
Blues
Blues Modified
Blues Phrygian
Blues Diminished
Bebop
Bebop Major
Bebop Dominant
Bebop Minor
Bebop Minor 2
Harmonic Major
Phrygian Dominant
Lydian Dominant (Overtone)
Lydian Augmented
Augmented
Half Diminished 1
Half Diminished 2
Diminished Whole Tone
6th Mode of Harmonic Minor
Neapolitan Major
Neapolitan Minor
Harmonic Neapolitan Minor
Prometheus

• Hindustani Thaats:
Bilawal
Kalyan
Khamaj
Bhairav
Poorvi
Marwa
Kafi
Asavari
Bhairavi
Todi

• World:
Algerian
Arabian
Byzantine
Hawaiian
Hindu
Hungarian or Egyptian
Indian
Indian Minor
Jewish or Spanish
Oriental
Persian
Romanian Bocovia
Romanian Major
Romanian Minor

• China:
Bi Yu
Chaio
Kung
Youlan

• Japan:
Han-kumoi
Hira-joshi
Honchoshi Plagal Form
Iwato
Kokin-joshi, Miyakobushi
Nohkan
Ritsu
Sakura Pentatonic
Sansagari
Taishikicho, Ryo

• Composers:
Prokofiev
Scriabin
Shostakovich
Verdi Enigmatic
Verdi Enigmatic - Up & Down

• Messiaen Modes:
Mode 1 - Whole Tone
Mode 2 - Half-Whole Diminished
Mode 3
Mode 3 Inverse
Mode 4
Mode 4 Inverse
Mode 5
Mode 5 Inverse
Mode 6
Mode 6 Inverse
Mode 7
Mode 7 Inverse
Truncated Mode 2
Truncated Mode 3
Truncated Mode 3 Inverse
Truncated Mode 5
Truncated Mode 5 Inverse
Truncated Mode 6
Truncated Mode 6 Inverse