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Scale Theory Chart

Here is how the most common scales are constructed

Name	Note 1	Note 2	Note 3	Note 4	Note 5	Note 6	Note 7	Note 8
Blues	R	b3	4	b5	5	b7
Ionian	R	2	3	4	5	6	7
Dorian	R	2	b3	4	5	6	b7
Phrygian	R	b2	b3	4	5	#5	b7
Lydian	R	2	3	b5	5	6	7
Mixolydian	R	2	3	4	5	6	b7
Aeolian	R	2	b3	4	5	#5	b7
Locrian	R	b2	b3	4	b5	#5	b7
Diminished (H-W)	R	b2	b3	3	b5	5	6	b7
Diminished (W-H)	R	2	b3	4	b5	#5	6	7
Whole Tone	R	2	3	b5	#5	b7
Melodic Minor	R	2	b3	4	5	6	7
Dorian b2	R	b2	b3	4	5	6	b7
Lydian Aug	R	2	3	b5	#5	6	7
Lydian b7	R	2	3	b5	5	6	b7
Mixolydian b6	R	2	3	4	5	#5	b7
Locrian 2	R	2	b3	4	b5	#5	b7
Altered	R	b2	b3	3	b5	#5	b7
Harmonic Minor	R	2	b3	4	5	#5	7
Locrian 6	R	b2	b3	4	b5	6	b7
Ionian Aug	R	2	3	4	#5	6	7
Dorian #4	R	2	b3	b5	5	6	b7
Phrygian Major	R	b2	3	4	5	#5	b7
Lydian #9	R	b3	3	b5	5	6	7
Altered bb7	R	b2	b3	3	b5	#5	6
Pentatonic Major	R	2	3	5	6
Pentatonic Minor	R	b3	4	5	b7
Augmented	R	R	3	5	#5	7
Arabian	R	2	3	4	b5	#5	b7
Balinese	R	b2	b3	5	#5
Byzantine	R	b2	3	4	5	#5	7
Chinese	R	3	b5	5	7
Chinese Mongolian	R	2	3	5	6
Double Harmonic	R	b2	3	4	5	#5	7
Egyptian	R	2	4	5	b7
Eight Tone Spanish	R	b2	b2	3	4	b5	#5	b7
Enigmatic	R	b2	3	b5	#5	b7	7
Hindu	R	2	3	4	5	#5	b7
Hirajoshi	R	2	b3	5	#5
Hungarian Major	R	b3	3	b5	5	6	b7
Hungarian Minor	R	2	b3	b5	5	#5	7
Hungarian Gypsy	R	2	b3	b5	5	#5	7
Ichikosucho	R	2	3	4	b5	5	6	7
Kumoi	R	2	b3	5	6
Leading Whole Tone	R	2	3	b5	#5	b7	7
Lydian Diminished	R	2	b3	b5	5	6	7
Lydian Minor	R	2	3	b5	5	#5	b7
Mohammedan	R	2	b3	4	5	#5	7
Neopolitan	R	b2	b3	4	5	#5	7
Neopolitan Major	R	b2	b3	4	5	6	7
Neopolitan Minor	R	b2	b3	4	5	#5	b7
Overtone	R	2	3	b5	5	6	b7
Pelog	R	b2	b3	5	#5
Persian	R	b2	3	4	b5	#5	7
Prometheus	R	2	3	b5	6	b7
Prometheus Neopolitan	R	b2	3	b5	6	b7
Purvi Theta	R	b2	3	b5	5	#5	7
Six Tone Symmetrical	R	b2	3	4	#5	6
Todi Theta	R	b2	b3	b5	5	#5	7