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Dominant Options

C7 F Major (up a fourth Major)

& 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ

C7 (#11) G Melodic minor (up a fifth melodic minor)

œ bœ œ
2

& œ œ œ #œ œ

C7 (b13) F Melodic minor (up a fourth melodic minor)

bœ bœ œ
3

& œ œ œ œ œ
C7 (b9) F Harmonic Major (up a fourth harmonic Major)

œ bœ œ
4

& œ bœ œ œ œ
Bb Melodic minor (down a whole step melodic minor)
C7 (b9, #9)

œ bœ œ
5

& bœ bœ œ œ
œ
C7 (b9,b13) F Harmonic minor (up a fourth harmonic minor)

bœ bœ œ
6

& bœ œ œ œ
œ
C7 (#9, #11, b13) Eb Melodic minor (up a minor third play melodic minor)

bœ bœ œ
7

& œ bœ œ bœ
œ
C7 alt Ab Harmonic Major (down a Major third play Harmonic Major)

bœ bœ œ
8

& œ bœ bœ nœ œ
2
C7 alt C# melodic minor (up a half-step melodic minor)

bœ bœ œ
9

& œ bœ bœ nœ #œ
C7 alt C# harmonic minor (up a half-step harmonic minor)

œ œ
10

& œ bœ bœ nœ #œ #œ

C7 (b9, #9, #11) C# diminished Scale (up a half-step diminshed)

œ bœ
11

& bœ bœ nœ #œ œ
œ
C7 (#11, b13) C whole-tone

bœ œ
12

& œ œ #œ #œ
œ
C7 alt Scriabin Scale down a whole-step*

œ bœ
13

& œ bœ nœ #œ #œ
œ
C7 (#9) Blues Scale

bœ œ ‰
14

& œ bœ œ #œ œ J
C7 (b9,#11) Japanese Hira-Joshi Scale*

bœ œ Œ
15

& œ bœ œ bœ

C7 (b9, b13) Japanese Naka Zora Scale+

bœ œ Œ
16

& bœ œ œ
œ

*from Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns

+from Lateef's Repository of Scales and Melodic Patterns


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C7 (b9, #9, #11) Japanese Sho Scale+

bœ œ
17

& œ bœ bœ nœ #œ
Javanese Pelog Scale *

bœ œ Œ
18

& œ bœ œ
C7 C dominant Bebop Scale

œ bœ nœ
19

& œ œ œ œ
œ
C7 (#9, b13) Eb Dominant Bebop Scale (up a minor third Bebop)

bœ bœ
20

& œ bœ nœ œ œ
œ

bœ bœ
21

& œ bœ nœ œ œ
œ
C7 (b13) Augmented Scale (derived from augmented triads)

œ œ
22

& œ bœ nœ œ #œ
C7 (#11) G minor Bebop Scale (melodic minor with an added b6)

œ bœ
23

& œ œ bœ nœ #œ œ
C7 (b9) Modern Japanese Scale+

bœ œ œ
24

& bœ œ œ
œ
4

C7 C Major Pentatonic

œ œ Œ
25

& œ œ œ œ
C7 alt F# Major Pentatonic (pent.from the #11)
26

bœ #œ #œ #œ Œ
& #œ #œ
C7 (#9) Eb Major Pentatonic

bœ œ bœ Œ
27

& bœ œ œ
Tritone C7 and F# Bebop Scale Segments

œ bœ nœ œ Ó
28

& #œ œ œ #œ œ
œ #œ
C7 (b9, #11) Hexatonic (derived from a triad from root and a triad from the #11)

bœ œ
30

& œ #œ œ
œ #œ
C7 (b9, b13) F Harmonic minor with added chromatic passing tone between 1 and b7

bœ bœ nœ
31

& œ bœ œ œ œ

Bb 3:1 Scale Down a whole-step 3:1 (derived from two augmented triads)

œ Œ
32

& #œ œ œ #œ

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