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Bendigo Instrumental Music Program

  

Forgotten your scales and arpeggios? Check the list below.

Click on a major or harmonic minor scale name and see it in notation. In a later update this will be available for all scales listed here.
Major Key Major Scale Major Arpeggio Relative Minor Key

Harmonic Minor Scale

(7th note raised)

 Minor Arpeggio
C Major C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C C-E-G-C A Minor A-B-C-D-E-F-G#-A A-C-E-A
G major G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G G-B-D-G E Minor E-F#-G-A-B-C-D#-E E-G-B-E
D major D-E-F#-G-A-B-C#-D D-F#-A-D B Minor B-C#-D-E-F#-G-A#-B B-D-F#-B
A major A-B-C#-D-E-F#-G#-A A-C#-E-A F# Minor F#-G#-A-B-C#-D-E#-F# F#-A-C#-F#
E major E-F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#-E E-G#-B-E C# Minor C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A-B#-C# C#-E-G#-C#
B major B-C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A#-B B-D#-F#-B G# Minor G#-A#-B-C#-D#-E-Fx-G# G#-B-D#-G#
F# major F#-G#-A#-B-C#-D#-E#-F# F#-A#-C#-F# D# Minor D#-E#-F#-G#-A#-B-Cx-D# D#-F#-A#-D#
F major F-G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F F-A-C-F D Minor D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C#-D D-F-A-D
Bb major Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb Bb-D-F-Bb G Minor G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F#-G G-Bb-D-G
Eb major Eb-F-G-Ab-Bb-C-D-Eb Eb-G-Bb-Eb C Minor C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B-C C-Eb-G-C
Ab major Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-G-Ab Ab-C-Eb-Ab F Minor F-G-Ab-Bb-C-Db-E-F F-Ab-C-F
Db major Db-Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb-C-Db Db-F-Ab-Db Bb Minor Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-Gb-A-Bb Bb-Db-F-Bb
Gb major Gb-Ab-Bb-Cb-Db-Eb-F-Gb Gb-Bb-Db-Gb Eb Minor Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb-Cb-D-Eb Eb-G-Bb-Eb

Melodic Minor Scales

(6th & 7th notes raised ascending, and lowered again descending)

  

    Dominant & Diminished Sevenths

                    Dominant              Diminished

                     On 5th note of scale         On 7th note of scale
A Melodic Minor A-B-C-D-E-F#-G#-A-G-F-E-D-C-B-A   Of C G-B-D-F-G B-D-F-Ab-B
E Melodic Minor E-F#-G-A-B-C#-D#-E-D-C-B-A-G-F#-E   Of G D-F#-A-C-D F#-A-C-D#-F#
B Melodic Minor B-C#-D-E-F#-G#-A#-B-A-G-F#-E-D-C#-B   Of D A-C#-E-G-A C#-E-G-A#-C#
F# Melodic Minor F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#-E#-F#-E-D-C#-B-A-G#-F#   Of A E-G#-B-D-E G#-B-D-F-G#
C# Melodic Minor C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A#-B#-C#-B-A-G#-F#-E-D#-C#   Of E B-D#-F#-A-B D#-F#-A-C-D#
G# Melodic Minor G#-A#-B-C#-D#-E#-Fx-G#-F#-E-D#-C#-B-A#-G#   Of B F#-A#-C#-E-F# A#-C#-E-G-A#
D# Melodic Minor D#-E#-F#-G#-A#-B#-Cx-D#-C#-B-A#-G#-F#-E#-D#   Of F# C#-E#-G#-B-C# E#-G#-B-D-E#
D Melodic Minor D-E-F-G-A-B-C#-D-C-Bb-A-G-F-E-D   Of F C-E-G-Bb-C E-G-Bb-Db-E
G Melodic Minor G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F#-G-F-Eb-D-C-Bb-A-G   Of Bb F-A-C-Eb-F A-C-Eb-Gb-A
C Melodic Minor C-D-Eb-F-G-A-B-C-Bb-Ab-G-F-Eb-D-C   Of Eb Bb-D-F-Ab-Bb D-F-Ab-B-D
F Melodic Minor F-G-Ab-Bb-C-D-E-F-Eb-Db-C-Bb-Ab-G-F   Of Ab Eb-G-Bb-Db-Eb G-Bb-Db-Fb-G
Bb Melodic Minor Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-Gb-A-Bb-Ab-Gb-F-Eb-Db-C-Bb   Of Db Ab-C-Eb-Gb-Ab C-Eb-Gb-Bbb-C
Eb Melodic Minor Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb-C-D-Eb-Db-Cb-Bb-Ab-Gb-F-Eb   Of Gb Db-F-Ab-Cb-Db F-Ab-Cb-Ebb-F

Other Scales

Just one example of each scale is spelt, starting on A unless indicated otherwise.

Click on the scale name for a notated version in treble clef, and where indicated for bass clef, tablature and alto clef notation.
Chromatic Scale on C C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-B-Bb-A-Ab-G-Gb-F-E-Eb-D-Db-C Bass Clef Tab Alto Clef
Whole Tone Scale on C C-D-E-F#-G#-A#-C Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Whole Tone Scale on C# C#-D#-F-G-A-B-C# Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Dorian Mode A-B-C-D-E-F#-G-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Phrygian Mode A-Bb-C-D-E-F-G-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Lydian Mode A-B-C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Mixolydian Mode A-B-C#-D-E-F#-G-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Aeolian Mode A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Locrian Mode A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Gypsy Minor scale A-B-C-D#-E-F-G-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Algerian Minor scale A-B-C-D#-E-F-G#-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version
Blues Scale A-C-D-D#-E-G-A Bass Clef version Tab version Alto Clef version