Pick a root note and a scale type to see its notes highlighted on a keyboard, then play it back.
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This tool covers the most commonly used scales in Western music, from the familiar major and minor scales to the church modes and simplified pentatonic scales, all built from standard, well-established interval patterns.
Natural, harmonic and melodic minor each subtly reshape the minor scale's upper notes, giving it a different color and use.
Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and Locrian all reuse the major scale's notes starting from a different degree, each with its own character.
Major and minor pentatonic scales strip a 7-note scale down to 5 notes, making them a simple, forgiving choice for improvising.
A minor pentatonic scale with one extra "blue note" added, giving it blues and rock's signature gritty sound.
Every key whose pitch class belongs to the selected scale is highlighted across both shown octaves, so you can see the pattern repeat. The root note gets its own distinct color so you can spot where the scale starts.
Modes such as Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and Locrian use the exact same 7 notes as a major scale, just starting from a different degree of it. That shift changes which intervals fall where, giving each mode its own distinct character even though the underlying notes are related.
Major and minor pentatonic scales use only 5 notes instead of 7, leaving out the two notes most likely to sound tense against a chord. That makes them a simple, forgiving starting point for improvising melodies, especially in rock, pop, country and blues.
The blues scale is a minor pentatonic scale with one extra note added, sometimes called the "blue note." That added note gives it its signature gritty, expressive sound, and it's a staple for blues, rock and jazz improvisation.
Yes. It plays every note of the scale ascending from the root, then adds one final note an octave above the root, so you can clearly hear the scale complete its cycle.
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