Scales · Section index
Piano scales
Every scale type, major and minor through the exotic, each in all eighteen keys, and every entry opens with a keyboard you can play.
New to scales?
Four scales, in the order a teacher would give them to you.
Those four cover most of what you will play. Everything below is the complete catalogue, grouped by family.
Browse by key
Eighteen keys, both enharmonic spellings, C♯ and D♭ alike, each with its own entries.
Every scale, by family
The complete catalogue, grouped by family. Every name links to a full entry in all eighteen keys.
Major & Diatonic
The bright home base; where most music begins.
Minor Scales
Natural, harmonic and melodic: three shades of dark.
Pentatonic & Blues
Five notes that never clash; the improviser’s safety net.
Modal & Jazz
The colours between major and minor, plus the altered jazz palette.
Bebop & Exotic
Passing-tone lines and the exotic, far-flung scales.
The brightness spectrum
One way to hold every scale in your head: how bright or dark each one sounds.