Scales
Ever felt restrained and locked up in your playing? Stuck in the minor pentatonic swamp? Trying different tonality that one is not comfortable with often does the trick for me.
Spending time with an unorthodox mode can do wonders to your playing and open many new musical doors.
Synthetic & Exotic Scales
The Church Modes
Hirajoshi, Traditional Japanese
Double Harmonic, Persian, Byzantine, Gypsy
Super Locrian
Neopolitan Minor
Neopolitan Major
Hungarian Minor
Locrian Major
Acoustic, Hindustan, Charukesi
Ritusen
Arabian
Auxiliary Diminished Blues
Moorish Phrygian
Leading Whole Tone Scale
Lydian Minor
Iwato
Prometheus
Piongio, Japanese
Scriabin
Egyptian, Madhyamavati
Kumoi
9 Tone
Hungarian Gypsy
3rd mode of Pantuvarali (from "OK")
Javaneese
Algerian
Diminished (thirds)
Diminished (half/whole)
Diminished (whole/half)
Todi (ascending)
Todi (descending)
Multani (ascending)
Multani (descending)
Phrygian Major, Jewish, Gypsy (variation)
Hawaiian
Ethiopian, Minor
7 Tone Blues
Spanish 8 Tone
Chinese
Enigmatic
Pantuvarali
Kanakangi
Rasikapriya
Romanian Minor
Balenesian, Pelog
Lydian Dominant, Overtone
Hirajoshi, Traditional Japanese
Harmonic Minor, Mohammedan
Oriental
Minor Pentatonic
Pentatonic Major, Mongolian
Blues
Melodic Minor (ascending)
Melodic Minor (descending)
Six Tone Symmetrical
Ultra Locrian
Whole Tone
Chromatic
Okinawa
Suryakantham
3rd mode of Suryakantham (from "Big Machine")
Chalanata (ascending)
Chalanata (descending)
Hindol (ascending)
Hindol (descending)
Marva (ascending)
Marva (descending)
The Church Modes
Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian
