Scale Catalog

High Spirits
Mid-Tone A Minor
Fingerings
This document provides fingerings charts for a wide variety of scales. The fingerings are
specific to High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes.

This list of 66 scales is meant to be a tool for exploration of scales from various world music
traditions. Most players of Native American flutes use a very small number of alternate
scales, so please do not feel compelled to learn the full set of scales provided.

The primary reference for the scales in this collection is the Scala application by Manuel Op
de Coul, dated August 10, 2014. It is available at http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/.

This document is part of a collection of Native American Flute resources available at

http://www.Flutopedia.com/. The Flutopedia web site includes, among many other things, an
extensive set of finger diagram fonts for engraving sheet music that are similar to the finger
diagrams in this document. All fonts have been embedded in this PDF file, so that it should
display identically on various systems.

If you have any questions about this document or issues with its distribution, please visit
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This document was last updated April 3, 2016 by Clint Goss [clint@goss.com]

Updated December 15, 2016

 Core Scales for Native American Flutes
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
Developed by Clint Goss

1 4 ^ 8
Bugle
Scale Taps

1 3 4 5 7 8 À
Pentatonic
Minor Zuni Sunrise

1 3 4 5 7 8 À
Pentatonic
Major

1 3 4 6 7 8 À
Pentatonic
Celtic

1 3 4 6 7 8 À
Mode Four
Pentatonic
Minor

1 3 4 56 7 8 À
Mode Four Summertime
Hexatonic Greensleeves *
Minor

1 '23 # 4$56^7~8(9 À
Chromatic All the notes - not usually
used in songs.

B#b B
A A C D
b
# D Eb# E F G
b
# G Ab# A B#b B C =Primary notes on
C D F G A Native American flutes

3 2 9
Root note Orange: Notes
of the scale half-hole in the Standard fingerings from
fingerings second www.HighSpirits.com
(Avoid!) register
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 3-Note and 4-Note Scales for Native American Flutes
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
Developed by Clint Goss

1 3 5 8 À
Ute
Tritonic

1 4 7 8
Sansagari

1 # 5 8
Major
Triad

1 4 5 7 8
Upper Pentatonic Minor
Minor with no
Tetratonic minor third

1 3 5 7 8 À
Bi Yu Pentatonic Minor
with no
perfect fourth

1 3 4 7 8 À
Minor Pentatonic Minor
Tetratonic with no
perfect fifth

1 3 4 5 8 À
Lower Pentatonic Minor
Minor with no
Tetratonic minor seventh

3 9
Root note Notes
of the scale in the Standard fingerings from
second www.HighSpirits.com
register
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 Exotic Pentatonic Scales for Native American Flutes
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
Developed by Clint Goss

1 ' 4 56 8 (
Miyako- Rotation of Hirajōshi
Bushi

1 2 3 56 8 9 À
Hirajōshi 1 AKA: “Ake Bono”
Sakura

Hirajōshi 2

1 # $5 ~8
1 # 4 ^ ~8 3
Root note
Hirajōshi 3 of the
scale

2
Orange:

1 ' 4$ 7 8(
half-hole
Iwato fingerings
(Avoid!)

*
Notes
above

1 #4 56 8
the
octave
Zilaf

Ryukyu

1 #4 5 ~8
Khamaji
Durga
1 #4 ^7 8
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Standard fingerings from
www.HighSpirits.com

Updated December 15, 2016

 Variants of Pentatonic Minor
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
Developed by Clint Goss

1 3 4 5 7 8 À
Pentatonic
Minor Zuni Sunrise

**

1 #4 5 7 8
Mixolydian
Pentatonic

**

1 3 $5 7 8 À
Priya

**

1 3 4 ^7 8 À
Varamu

**

1 3 4 56 8 À
Kokil
Pancham

**

1 3 4 5 ^ 8 À
Northern
Scale notes and name
suggested by Ash Dargan

**

1 3 4 5 ~8 À
Madhuran-
jani

Standard fingerings from

3 9
Root note Notes
of the scale in the www.HighSpirits.com
second ** Indicates the note that differs from
register Pentatonic Minor
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 Expanded Scales for Native American Flutes
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
Developed by Clint Goss

1 2 # 4 5 ^7 8 9
Oh Tannenbaum
Upper Amazing Grace (lower)
Major Simple Gifts
Kayowajineh

1 ' 3 4 56 7 8( À
High Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Major Amazing Grace (upper)

1 3 4$5 7 8 À
Blues
Six-Note

1 3 4$5 7~8 À
Blues
Seven-Note

1 ' # 4 56 7 8
Spanish Streets of Cairo (AKA:
Gypsy The Snake Charmer Song)

Byzantine

1 ' # 4 56 ~ 8
Neveseri

1 ' 3 $56 7~8 À Greek folk music

3 2 9
Root note Orange: Notes
of the scale half-hole in the Standard fingerings from
fingerings second www.HighSpirits.com
(Avoid!) register
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 Diatonic Scales for Native American Flutes Rooted on
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
3
Developed by Clint Goss

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 À
Joy to the World
Diatonic Over the Rainbow
Major The First Noel
Shenandoah
Colors of the Wind

1' 3 4$ 6 7 8( À
Scarborough Fair
Dorian Eleanor Rigby

' 3# $ 6 7~ ( À
Phrygian

1 23 4 5 ^7 8 9À
Lydian

1 ' 3 4 56 7 8 ( À
Mixolydian

' 3 4$ 6 7~ ( À
Aeolian

' 3# $ 6^ ~ ( À
Locrian

3 2 9
Root note Orange: Notes
of the scale half-hole in the Standard fingerings from
fingerings second www.HighSpirits.com
(Avoid!) register
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 Diatonic Scales for Native American Flutes Rooted on
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
1
Developed by Clint Goss

1 2 #4 5 ^ ~8 9
Diatonic
Major

1 23 4 5 ^7 8 9À
Dorian

1' 3 4 56 7 8( À
Phrygian

1 2 # $5 ^ ~8 9
Lydian

1 2 #4 5 ^7 8 9
Mixolydian

1 23 4 56 7 8 9À
Aeolian

1' 3 4$ 6 7 8( À
Locrian

3 2 9
Root note Orange: Notes
of the scale half-hole in the Standard fingerings from
fingerings second www.HighSpirits.com
(Avoid!) register
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 Other Pentatonic Scales for Native American Flute
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
Developed by Clint Goss

1 3# 5 ^ 8 À
Mohanangi

1 3 4$ 7 8 À
Jayakauns

1 3 4 6 ~8 À
Kiravani

1 3 4 ^ ~8 À 3
Marga Root note
Hindola of the
scale

*
Notes

1 3 $5 ~8 À
above
Multani the
octave

1 3 $ 6 7 8 À
Chin

1 3 56 7 8 À
Varini

1 #4 5 ^ 8
Mand
Standard fingerings from
www.HighSpirits.com

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 Other Pentatonic Scales for Native American Flute
Fingerings for High Spirits Mid-Tone A minor Native American flutes
Developed by Clint Goss

1 #4 6 ~8
Bacovia

1 # $5 ^ 8
Dhavalashri

1 # $ ^ ~8
Hindol

1 # 5 ^7 8 3
Valaji Root note
of the
scale

1 # 5 ^ ~8
Mamata

1 4 56 ~8
Devaranji

1 4 5 ^7 8
Kuntvarali

1 4 5 ^ ~8
Purukutika
Standard fingerings from
www.HighSpirits.com

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