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Basic Musicianship
written by D C DowDell

Jazz scales are used to create changes of mood,
restate harmony and to enable improvised solos.

Jazz Scales Chart

From the Root of C

SCALES	C	Db	D	Eb	E	F	Gb	G	Ab	A	Bb	B	C
Major	R		2		3	4		5		6		7	8
Natural Minor	R		2	^b3		4		5	^b6		^b7		8
Harmonic Minor	R		2	^b3		4		5	^b6			7	8
Melodic Minor (asc)	R		2	^b3		4		5		6		7	8
Melodic Minor (desc)	R		2	^b3		4		5	^b6		^b7		8
Enigmatic	R	^b2			3		^b5		^b6		^b7	7	8
Chromatic	R	^b2	2	^b3	3	4	^b5	5	^b6	6	^b7	7	8
WH Diminished	R		2	^b3		4	^b5		^b6	6		7	8
HW Diminished	R	^b2		^b3	3		^b5	5		6	^b7		8
Augmented	R			^b3	3			5	^b6			7	8
Whole Tone	R		2		3		^b5		^b6		^b7		8
Mixolydian	R		2		3	4		5		6	^b7		8
Lydian Dominant	R		2		3		^b5	5		6	^b7		8
Lydian Augmented	R		2		3		^b5		^b6	6		7	8
Pentatonic Major	R		2		3			5		6			8
Pentatonic Minor	R			^b3		4		5			^b7		8
In Sen	R	^b2				4		5			^b7		8
3 Semitone	R			^b3			^b5			6			8
4 Semitone	R				3				^b6				8
Blues	R			^b3		4	^b5	5			^b7		8
Bebop Major	R		2		3	4		5		6	^b7	7	8
Bebop Minor	R		2	^b3		4		5	^b6		^b7	7	8