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Scale & Mode Visualizer

Every scale, drawn for any key and instrument.

The raw material of improvisation, mapped out. Each scale page shows the notes on a piano keyboard and a guitar fretboard, spelled correctly for the key, with the chord types it fits over. This is the largest tool on the site — seventeen scales across twelve keys on both instruments.

The scale library

Every mode & scale, live in the visualizer.

Each scale has a page per key and instrument, e.g. /scales/dorian/d-guitar.

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C Major (Ionian) scale (C D E F G A B) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Major (Ionian)

In C: C D E F G A B. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7
C Dorian scale (C D E♭ F G A B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Dorian

In C: C D E♭ F G A B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
C Phrygian scale (C D♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Phrygian

In C: C D♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7
C Lydian scale (C D E F♯ G A B) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Lydian

In C: C D E F♯ G A B. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7
C Mixolydian scale (C D E F G A B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Mixolydian

In C: C D E F G A B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
C Aeolian (natural minor) scale (C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Aeolian (minor)

In C: C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7
C Locrian scale (C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Locrian

In C: C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7
C Melodic minor scale (C D E♭ F G A B) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Melodic minor

In C: C D E♭ F G A B. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7
C Harmonic minor scale (C D E♭ F G A♭ B) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Harmonic minor

In C: C D E♭ F G A♭ B. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7
C Lydian dominant scale (C D E F♯ G A B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Lydian dominant

In C: C D E F♯ G A B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7
C Altered scale (C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Altered

In C: C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7
C Whole tone scale (C D E G♭ A♭ B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Whole tone

In C: C D E G♭ A♭ B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 ♭2 ♭3 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7
C Diminished (half–whole) scale (C D♭ E♭ E G♭ G A B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Diminished (H-W)

In C: C D♭ E♭ E G♭ G A B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 6 7
C Diminished (whole–half) scale (C D E♭ F G♭ A♭ A B) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Diminished (W-H)

In C: C D E♭ F G♭ A♭ A B. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 2 3 5 6
C Major pentatonic scale (C D E G A) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Major pentatonic

In C: C D E G A. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
C Minor pentatonic scale (C E♭ F G B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Minor pentatonic

In C: C E♭ F G B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7
C Blues scale (C E♭ F G♭ G B♭) on a guitar fretboard in standard tuning, frets 0–12: roots in gold, scale tones in teal

Blues

In C: C E♭ F G♭ G B♭. All 12 keys, guitar & piano.

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