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Scale/Chord Relationships

Synthetic and Exotic Scales

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Scale / Chord Relationships

The chart below contains a list of scales that relate to different chords. You will notice that the chords are listed with the root of C. When you want to apply this chart to chords with other roots, just transpose the scales by the same interval as you would the chord. So, for example, if you want to find out what would work over an A chord, you should transpose the scales down a step and a half. This would give you A Ionian, A Lydian, A Major Pentatonic and E Major Pentatonic.

	Chords	Scales
Major Chords
	C, C6, Cmaj7, Cmaj 9	C Ionian, C Lydian, C Major Pentatonic, G Major Pentatonic
	Cmaj7#11	C Lydian
	Cmaj7#5	C Lydian Augmented

Minor Chords
	Cm, Cm6, Cm7	C Dorian, C Minor, C Minor Pentatonic, C Melodic Minor
	Cm11, Cm13	C Phrygian, C Blues, F Major Pentatonic
	Cm-maj7, Cm6	C Melodic Minor, C Harmonic Minor
	Cm7b13, Cm7b6	C Minor, Ab Major Pentatonic
	Cm7b9	C Phrygian

Dominant Chords
	C, C7, C7sus,C9, C9sus
	Csus, C11, C13, C13sus	C Mixolydian, C Blues, C Major Pentatonic, F Major Pentatonic
	Bb/C, Gm7/C
	C7b5, C7#11	C Lydian b7
	C7b5, C7b9, C7b9b5	C Half Whole Diminished, F Harmonic Minor
	C7aug, C7b13, C7b5	C Whole Tone, F Melodic Minor
	C7#9, C7#9#5	F Harmonic Minor
	C7susb9	F Harmonic Minor, C Phrygian, C Phrygian #6

Half Diminished &Diminished Chords
	Cm7b5, C half dim	C Locrian, C Locrian #2, Bb Harmonic Minor
	Cdim, Cdim7,	C Whole Half Diminished

Synthetic and Exotic Scales

Below are a number of other scales that have interesting tonal qualities to them. Try playing these over their respective major and minor chords to hear the sonic qualities inherent in each one. For quick reference, major chords consist of the 1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th notes from the scale degree on which you are starting, while minor chords consist of the 1^st, b3^rd, and 5^th degrees.

If you’re feeling very adventurous, you can learn the scales that interest you in the 10 Positions, 3 and 4 Note Per String Patterns, and the Full Scale Patterns. Then practice them using the exercises in this book. Get creative and have fun!!!

Acoustic "Bartok" (1,2,3,4,5,b6,b7)

Leading Whole Tone (1,2,3,#4,#5,#6,7)

Aka Aeolian Dominant & Hindu

Aeolian Dominant (1,2,3,4,5,b6,b7)

Locrian Major (1,2,3,4,b5,b6,b7)

Aka Acoustic "Bartok" & Hindu

Algerian (1,2,b3,#4,5,b6,7,8,9,b10,11)

Locrian, #2 (1,#2,b3,4,b5,b6,b7)

Arabian (1,2,b3,4,b5,b6,6,7)

Lydian Augmented (1,2,3,#4,#5,6,7)

Augmented (1,b3,3,5,#5,7)

Lydian Dominant (1,2,3,#4,5,6,b7)

Aka Overtone

Balinese (1,b2,b3,5,b6)

Lydian Minor (1,2,3,#4,5,b6,b7)

BeBop (1,2,3,4,5,6,b7,7)

Major Locrian (1,2,3,4,b5,b6,b7)

Blues (1,b3,4,b5,5,b7)

Melodic Minor Ascending (1,2,b3,4,5,6,7)

Aka Hawaiian & Jazz Minor

Byzantine (1,b2,3,4,5,b6,7)

Mixo-Blues (1,#2,3,4,b5,5,b7)

Aka Double Harmonic & Gypsy

Chinese (1,3,#4,5,7)

Mohammedan (1,2,b3,4,5,b6,7)

Aka Harmonic Minor

Diminished (1,2,b3,4,b5,b6,bb7,7)

Mongolian (1,2,3,5,6)

Dorian, #4 (1,2,b3,#4,5,6,b7)

Neapolitan Major (1,b2,b3,4,5,6,7)

Double Harmonic (1,b2,3,4,5,b6,7)

Neapolitan Minor (1,b2,b3,4,5,b6,7)

Aka Byzantine & Gypsy

Egyptian (1,2,4,5,b7)

Oriental (1,b2,3,4,b5,6,b7)

Enigmatic (1,b2,3,#4,#5,#6,7)

Overtone (1,2,3,#4,5,6,b7)

Aka Lydian Dominant

Ethiopian (1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7)

Pelog (1,b2,b3,5,b6)

Gypsy (1,b2,3,4,5,b6,7)

Pentatonic Major (1,2,3,5,6,)

Aka Byzantine & Double Harmonic

Half Whole Diminished (1,b2,b3,3,#4,5,6,b7)

Pentatonic Minor (1,b3,4,5,b7)

Harmonic Minor (1,2,b3,4,5,b6,7)

Persian (1,b2,3,4,b5,b6,7)

Aka Mohammedan

Hawaiian (1,2,b3,(4),5,6,7)

Phrygian Dominant (1,b2,3,4,5,b6,b7)

Aka Melodic Minor Ascending & Jazz Minor

Aka Jewish & Spanish

Hindu (1,2,3,4,5,b6,b7)

Piongio (1,2,4,5,6,b7)

Aka Acoustic "Bartok" & Aeolian Dominant

Hirajoshi (1,2,b3,5,b6)

Prometheus (1,2,3,#4,6,b7)

Hungarian Gypsy (1,2,b3,#4,5,b6,b7)

Ritusen (1,2,4,5,6)

Hungarian Major (1,#2,3,#4,5,6,b7)

Romanian Minor (1,2,b3,#4,5,6,b7)

Hungarian Minor (1,2,b3,#4,5,b6,7)

Scriabin (1,b2,3,5,6)

Iwato (1,b2,4,b5,b7)

Six Tone Symmetrical (1,b2,3,4,#5,6)

Japanese (1,b2,4,5,b6)

Spanish (1,b2,3,4,5,b6,b7)

Aka Jewish & Phrygian Dominant

Japanese (Traditional) (1,2,b3,5,b6)

Spanish 8 Tone (1,b2,b3,3,4,b5,b6,b7)

Javanese (1,b2,b3,4,5,6,b7)

Super Locrian (1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,b7)

Jazz Minor (1,2,b3,4,5,6,7)

Symmetrical (1,b2,b3,3,#4,5,6,b7)

Aka Melodic Minor Ascending & Hawaiian

Jewish (1,b2,3,4,5,b6,b7)

Whole Half Diminished (1,2,b3,4,#4,#5,6,7)

Aka Phrygian Dominant & Spanish

Kumoi (1,2,b3,5,6)

Whole Tone (1,2,3,#4,#5,#6)

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