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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A Major
Melodic Minor
Harmonic Minor
Natural Minor
Pentatonic
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