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Jazz Piano

Handbook
How  to  Sing
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The  Blues
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Improvisation
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Composition &
Improvisation
The Harmony of

Bill  Evans

Piano Theory I
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of Musical Terms


Mark Levine's

Jazz Piano Book
A piano scale may consist of any linear series of intervals.

Piano Scales Chart

From the Root of C
SCALES C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C
Chromatic R b2 2 b3 3 4 b5 5 b6 6 b7 7 8
Spanish 8 Tone R b2   b3 3 4 b5   b6   b7   8
Flamenco R b2   b3 3 4   5 b6   b7   8
Symmetrical R b2   b3 3   b5 5   6 b7   8
Diminished R   2 b3   4 b5   b6 6   7 8
Whole Tone R   2   3   b5   b6   b7   8
Augmented R     b3 3     5 b6     7 8
3 semitone R     b3     b5     6     8
4 semitone R       3       b6       8
SCALES C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C
Ultra Locrian R b2   b3 3   b5   b6 6     8
Super Locrian R b2   b3 3   b5   b6   b7   8
Indian R b2   b3 3     5 b6   b7   8
Locrian R b2   b3   4 b5   b6   b7   8
Phrygian R b2   b3   4   5 b6   b7   8
Neapolitan Minor R b2   b3   4   5 b6     7 8
Javanese R b2   b3   4   5   6 b7   8
Neapolitan Major R b2   b3   4   5   6   7 8
Todi (Indian) R b2   b3     b5 5 b6     7 8
Persian R b2     3 4 b5   b6     7 8
Oriental R b2     3 4 b5     6 b7   8
Phrygian Major R b2     3 4   5 b6   b7   8
Double Harmonic R b2     3 4   5 b6     7 8
Marva (Indian) R b2     3   b5 5   6   7 8
Enigmatic R b2     3   b5   b6   b7 7 8
SCALES C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C
Locrian Natural 2nd R   2 b3   4 b5   b6   b7   8
Natural Minor R   2 b3   4   5 b6   b7   8
Harmonic Minor R   2 b3   4   5 b6     7 8
Dorian R   2 b3   4   5   6 b7   8
Melodic Minor (Asc) R   2 b3   4   5   6   7 8
Hungarian Gypsy R   2 b3     b5 5 b6   b7   8
Hungarian Minor R   2 b3     b5 5 b6     7 8
Romanian R   2 b3     b5 5   6 b7   8
SCALES C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C
Locrian Major R   2   3 4 b5   b6   b7   8
Hindu R   2   3 4   5 b6   b7   8
Ethiopian R   2   3 4   5 b6     7 8
Mixolydian R   2   3 4   5   6 b7   8
Major R   2   3 4   5   6   7 8
Mixolydian Augmented R   2   3 4     b6 6 b7   8
Harmonic Major R   2   3 4     b6 6   7 8
Lydian Minor R   2   3   b5 5 b6   b7   8
Lydian Dominant R   2   3   b5 5   6 b7   8
Lydian R   2   3   b5 5   6   7 8
Lydian Augmented R   2   3   b5   b6 6 b7   8
Leading Whole Tone R   2   3   b5   b6   b7 7 8
Rock 'n Roll R     b3 3 4   5   6 b7   8
Hungarian Major R     b3 3   b5 5   6 b7   8
SCALES C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C
Balinese R b2   b3       5 b6       8
Pelog (Balinese) R b2   b3       5     b7   8
Iwato (Japanese) R b2       4 b5       b7   8
Japanese R b2       4   5 b6       8
Hirajoshi (Japanese) R   2 b3       5 b6       8
Pentatonic Major R   2   3     5   6     8
Egyptian R   2     4   5     b7   8
Pentatonic Minor R     b3   4   5     b7   8
Chinese R       3   b5 5       7 8
• also see Jazz Scales



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