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Pick a tonic, then browse the table, filter by difficulty, or search by name, abbreviation, or UID. Opening a scale shows its intervals and note spelling in that key.

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Treat it as a structured reference: compare modes and altered scales, check spellings before you write or improvise, and jump into practice when you want to train recognition and technique.

Scale Library - Browse scales in every key

Browse major, minor, modal, and pentatonic or altered formulas spelled from any tonic you choose. Each entry shows intervals, aliases, and difficulty so you can transpose ideas, plan melodies, improvise, or study ear training with a dependable reference.

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Featured scales in E flat

Sheet music of the C Major scale in three octaves (2)

E flat Major

The major scale is the foundational seven-note scale built with the interval pattern W-W-H-W-W-W-H.

Sheet music of the C Minor scale in three octaves (2)

E flat Minor

The natural minor (Aeolian) scale is a seven-note scale with the interval pattern W-H-W-W-H-W-W.

Guitar scale for C Mixolydian in position 4

E flat Mixolydian

The Mixolydian mode is the 5th mode of the major scale with formula 1-2-3-4-5-6-♭7 and pattern W-W-H-W-W-H-W.

Sheet music of the C Dorian scale in three octaves (3)

E flat Dorian

The Dorian mode is a minor-mode scale with interval formula 1-2-♭3-4-5-6-♭7 and step pattern W-H-W-W-W-H-W.

E flat Diminished

Eight-note symmetric scale alternating whole and half steps, used over diminished seventh chords to create dark, sophisticated tension and "outside" melodic textures.

Guitar scale for C Augmented in position 6

E flat Augmented

Symmetrical six-note scale (1, ♯2, 3, 5, ♯5, 7) that blends major and augmented triads for a bright, mysterious, and shimmering jazz sound.

	Aliases
E flat Major	ionian	Beginner
E flat Minor	aeolian	Beginner
E flat Major pentatonic	pentatonic	Easy
E flat Minor pentatonic	vietnamese 2	Easy
E flat Dorian	-	Easy
E flat Mixolydian	dominant	Easy
E flat Phrygian	-	Easy
E flat Lydian	-	Easy
E flat Locrian	-	Easy
E flat Harmonic minor	-	Easy
E flat Melodic minor	-	Easy
E flat Harmonic major	-	Easy
E flat Augmented	-	Easy
E flat Dorian sharp four	ukrainian dorian, romanian minor, altered dorian	Easy
E flat Ionian pentatonic	-	Easy
E flat Major blues	-	Easy
E flat Minor blues	blues	Easy
E flat Whole tone	messiaen's mode #1	Easy
E flat Altered	super locrian, diminished whole tone, pomeroy	Intermediate
E flat Chromatic	-	Intermediate
E flat Lydian Dominant	lydian b7, overtone	Intermediate
E flat Minor six diminished	-	Intermediate
E flat Whole tone pentatonic	-	Intermediate
E flat Major augmented	major #5, ionian augmented, ionian #5	Intermediate
E flat Dorian ♭2	phrygian #6, melodic minor second mode	Intermediate
E flat Locrian major	arabian	Intermediate
E flat Leading whole tone	-	Intermediate
E flat Lydian minor	-	Intermediate
E flat Lydian Augmented	-	Intermediate
E flat Minor six pentatonic	-	Intermediate
E flat Lydian pentatonic	chinese	Intermediate
E flat Locrian ♯2	half-diminished, aeolian b5	Intermediate
E flat Enigmatic	-	Intermediate
E flat Diminished	whole-half diminished	Intermediate
E flat Locrian pentatonic	minor seven flat five pentatonic	Intermediate
E flat Bebop locrian	-	Expert
E flat Flat three pentatonic	kumoi	Expert
E flat Hungarian major	-	Expert
E flat Lydian dominant pentatonic	-	Expert
E flat Prometheus	-	Expert
E flat Bebop	-	Expert
E flat Bebop major	-	Expert
E flat Flat six pentatonic	-	Expert
E flat Hungarian minor	-	Expert
E flat Lydian diminished	-	Expert
E flat Flamenco	-	Expert
E flat Locrian sixth	locrian natural 6, locrian sharp 6	Expert
E flat Egyptian	-	Expert
E flat Bebop minor	-	Expert
E flat Oriental	-	Expert
E flat Six tone symmetric	-	Expert
E flat Half whole diminished	dominant diminished, messiaen's mode #2	Expert
E flat In-sen	-	Expert
E flat Minor bebop	-	Expert
E flat Phrygian dominant	spanish, phrygian major	Expert
E flat Hirajoshi	-	Guru
E flat Minor major seven pentatonic	-	Guru
E flat Composite blues	-	Guru
E flat Double harmonic major	gypsy	Guru
E flat Ichikosucho	-	Guru
E flat Iwato	-	Guru
E flat Kafi raga	-	Guru
E flat Augmented heptatonic	-	Guru
E flat Double harmonic lydian	-	Guru
E flat Kumoijoshi	-	Guru
E flat Lydian sharp fifth pentatonic	-	Guru
E flat Malkos raga	-	Guru
E flat Prometheus neopolitan	-	Guru
E flat Mixolydian flat sixth	melodic minor fifth mode, hindu	Guru
E flat Spanish heptatonic	-	Guru
E flat Mixolydian pentatonic	indian	Guru
E flat Super locrian pentatonic	-	Guru
E flat Mystery sharp first	-	Guru
E flat Minor hexatonic	-	Guru
E flat Neopolitan major	-	Guru
E flat Pelog	-	Guru
E flat Lydian sharp ninth	-	Guru
E flat Persian	-	Guru
E flat Messiaen's mode 3	-	Guru
E flat Piongio	-	Guru
E flat Messiaen's mode 4	-	Guru
E flat Purvi raga	-	Guru
E flat Messiaen's mode 5	-	Guru
E flat Ritusen	-	Guru
E flat Messiaen's mode 6	-	Guru
E flat Scriabin	-	Guru
E flat Messiaen's mode 7	-	Guru
E flat Todi raga	-	Guru
E flat Ultralocrian	superlocrian bb7, superlocrian diminished	Guru
E flat Vietnamese one	-	Guru
E flat Neopolitan major pentatonic	-	Guru
E flat Balinese	-	Guru

Reference for scales, modes, and key-specific spelling

Use this library to compare scale families, read interval formulas, and understand how each pattern sounds in context. Entries link theory to practice: you can move from a spelling overview to exercises when you want to internalize a sound.

Filter by level, search by common names or symbols, and switch tonic to hear the same formula in a new key. For harmony-heavy workflows, pair this page with the chord libraryand the interval guideso intervals, chords, and scales reinforce each other.