exotic scales/modes
Andy Perades
here is a list of diatonic modes and exotic scales complied from various sources including:
Jazz Styles: History and Analysis (third Edition): Marc Gridley
Scales and Modes for the Guitar: Cliff Douse
Alexander Edward Sager (http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/exotic-scales.txt)
various music dictionaries
the modes of each scale are listed in mode order with the altered intervals. Many of the scales/modes listed have more than one name. Ethnic origins are often reflected in the names (Kurd, Romanian, etc.) Additions to this list are always welcome.
Major Scale Modes:
1) Major Scale (Ionian): no alternation
2) Dorian: flat 3,flat 7
3) Phrygian (Kurd, Arabic):flat 2, flat 3, flat 6, flat 7
4) Lydian: sharp 4
5) Mixolydian: flat 7
6) Aeolian (Natural Minor, Ancient Minor, Pure Minor): flat 3, flat
6, flat 7
7) Locrian: flat 2, flat 3, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
Melodic Minor Scale Modes
1) Melodic Minor (Jazz Minor):flat 3
2) Javanese: flat 2, flat 3, flat 7
3) Lydian Augmented: sharp 4, sharp 5, flat 7
4) Overtone Mode (Lydian Dominant): sharp 4, flat 7
5) Hindu: flat 6, flat 7
6) Locrian Natural 2: flat 3, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
7) Super Locrian (Altered, Ravel): flat 2, flat 3, flat 4, flat 5,
flat 6, flat 7
Harmonic Minor Scale Modes:
1) Harmonic Minor Scale (Mohammedan): flat 3, flat 6
2) Locrian 6: flat 2, flat 3, flat 5, flat 7
3) Harmonic Major: sharp 5
4) Romanian: flat 3, sharp 4, flat 7
5) Phrygian Dominant (Jewish, Spanish Gypsy, Ahavoh Rabboh): flat 2,
flat 6, flat 7
6) Lydian sharp 2: sharp 2, sharp 4
7) Ultra Locrian: flat 2, flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 6, double flat
7
Double Harmonic Minor Scale Modes
1) Double Harmonic Minor (Byzantine, Gypsy, Charhargah, East Indian
Raga): flat 2, flat 6
2) sharp 2, sharp 4, sharp 6
3)flat 2, flat 3, flat 4, flat 6, double flat 7
4) Hungarian Minor: flat 3, sharp 4, flat 6
5) Oriental: flat 2, flat 5, flat 7
6) sharp 2, sharp 5
7) flat 2, double flat 3, flat 5, flat 6, double 7
Neapolitan Major Modes
1) Neapolitan Major: flat 2, flat 3
2) sharp 4, sharp 5, sharp 6
3) sharp 4, sharp 5, flat 7
4) Lydian Minor: sharp 4, flat 6, flat 7
5) Major Locrian (Arabian): flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
6) flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
7) flat 2, double flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
Neapolitan Minor Modes
1) Neapolitan Minor: flat 2, flat 3, flat 6
2) sharp 4, sharp 6
3) Mixolydian Augmented: sharp 5, flat 7
4) Hungarian Gypsy: flat 3, sharp 4, flat 6, flat 7
5) flat 2, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
6) sharp 2
7)flat 2, double flat 3, flat 4, flat 5,. flat 6, double flat 7
Hungarian Major Modes
1) Hungarian Major: sharp 2, sharp 4, flat 7
2) flat 2, flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, double flat 6, double flat 7
3) flat 3, flat 5, flat 6
4) flat 2, flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 7
5) flat 3, sharp 5
6) flat 2, flat 3, sharp 4, flat 7
7) sharp 3, sharp 4, sharp 5
Indian Ragas
Todi: flat 2, flat 3, sharp 4, flat 6
Marva: flat 2, sharp 4
miscellaneous
Persian: flat 2, flat 5, flat 6
Enigmatic: flat 2, sharp 4, sharp 5, sharp 6
Major Phrygian: flat 2, flat 6, flat 7
Spanish Eight Tone: flat 3, (3), flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
Symmetrical: flat 2, flat 3, (3), sharp 4, 5, 6, flat 7
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Dave
> intervals. Many of the scales/modes listed have more than one name.
> Ethnic origins are often reflected in the names (Kurd, Romanian,
> etc.) Additions to this list are always welcome.
Just for clarification in the preceding post in this thread: All the
scales listed are being based on the major scale. The scale derived is
the major scale with the alterations described for each mode.
8^) Dave
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