THE SCALE MATRIX

C IONIAN OR MAJOR [1-1]

w
1

w
2

w 1/2 w
3 4 [2-2]

CHARACTERISTIC NOTES [3,7] 5 6

w 1/2 w
8

D DORIAN [MINOR TYPE]

3 2 2 b3 1 E PHRYGIAN [MINOR TYPE]

w 1/2 w 4 w
5

w
5 4

C.N. [b3, b7] 6 5

w 1/2 w
7 6

b7

w
9 8

[3-3]

w 1/2 w
3 1 4

b2

b3

6 4 [4-4]

C.N. [b2, b3, b6, b7]

w 1/2 w
7 5

b6

b7

w
10 8

F LYDIAN [MAJOR TYPE]

w
4 1

w
5 2

w
6 3

w 1/2 w
C.N. [#4] 8 5

#4

9 6

w 1/2 w
10 7 11 8

G MIXOLYDIAN OR DOMINANT 7TH SCALE [MAJOR TYPE] [5-5] 6 8 5 7 1 2 4 3 A AEOLIAN OR [6-6] PURE MINOR SCALE [MINOR TYPE] 6 1

w w

w 1/2 w w
9 4

w
9 5

C.N. [b7]

10 6

w 1/2 w
11

w w w

b7

w 1/2 w
7 2

C.N. [b3, b6, b7] 10 5

w 1/2 w w w

w w

12 8

b3

b6

11

12

b7

13 8

B LOCRIAN [MINOR TYPE] [7-7] 7 1 8 9

w 1/2 w

b2

b3

10 4

C.N. [b2, b3, b5, b6, b7]

1/2 11

b5

12

b6

b7

13

14 8

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