A selection of musical scales

The key is a homebase group of notes that a song is based on and a scale is a set of notes played in conjunction with the key.

Major

The most commonly used Western music scale. Also called Ionian mode. It consists of whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half

C Major

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|  | | | |  |  | | | | | |  |
|  |_| |_|  |  |_| |_| |_|  |
|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
  C   D   E   F   G   A   B

A Major

Melodic Minor

Harmonic Minor

Natural Minor

Pentatonic

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