Music Scale Calculator
Generate major, minor, pentatonic, blues, and modal scale notes from any root note.
What Is a Musical Scale?
A scale is an ordered set of notes built from a root. Major and minor scales are the foundation of Western music. Modes, pentatonic, and blues scales add color for improvisation and composition.
Scale Types
- Major: bright, stable sound (C D E F G A B).
- Minor: darker natural minor (C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭).
- Pentatonic: five-note scale common in folk and rock.
- Blues: adds a flattened fifth for blues flavor.
- Modes: dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, and locrian rotations of the major scale.
Related tools: Music Interval Calculator and Chord Progression Generator.
Frequently Asked Questions
What notes are in C major?
C major contains C, D, E, F, G, A, and B with no sharps or flats.
What is the difference between major and minor?
Natural minor lowers the third, sixth, and seventh degrees compared to major, giving a sadder or darker mood.
What is a pentatonic scale?
A five-note scale. C major pentatonic uses C, D, E, G, and A, skipping F and B.
What is the blues scale?
The blues scale adds a flattened fifth (blue note) to the minor pentatonic pattern.
What are modes?
Modes are scales built by starting the major pattern on different degrees. D dorian uses D E F G A B C.
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