Musical Scales By Genre and Region

Pop

Scale Name	Notes
Major (Ionian)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Natural Minor (Aeolian)	1 2 3^b 4 5 6^b 7^b
Pentatonic Major	1 2 3 5 6
Pentatonic Minor	1 3^b 4 5 7^b
Mixolydian	1 2 3 4 5 6 7^b

Classical

Scale Name	Notes
Major (Ionian)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Natural Minor (Aeolian)	1 2 3^b 4 5 6^b 7^b
Harmonic Minor	1 2 3^b 4 5 6^b 7
Melodic Minor (Ascending)	1 2 3^b 4 5 6 7
Neapolitan Minor	1 2^b 3^b 4 5 6^b 7

Jazz

Scale Name	Notes
Dorian	1 2 3^b 4 5 6 7^b
Mixolydian	1 2 3 4 5 6 7^b
Bebop Major	1 2 3 4 5 6 7^b 7
Bebop Minor	1 2 3^b 4 5 6^b 6 7^b
Whole Tone Scale	1 2 3 4^# 5^# 6^#

Country

Scale Name	Notes
Major (Ionian)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mixolydian	1 2 3 4 5 6 7^b
Pentatonic Major	1 2 3 5 6
Pentatonic Minor	1 3^b 4 5 7^b
Blues Scale	1 3^b 4 4^# 5 7^b

Local (Regional Scales)

Region	Scale Name	Notes
Japan	Japanese Scale	1 2 3^b 5 6^b
India	Bhairav	1 2^b 3 4 5 6^b 7
Middle East	Hijaz Scale	1 2^b 3 4 5 6^b 7^b
China	Chinese Scale	1 2 3 5 6
Eastern Europe	Double Harmonic	1 2^b 3 4 5 6^b 7