Jazz scales are used to create changes of mood,

restate harmony and to enable improvised solos.

Jazz Scales Chart

Chart excerpted from Basic Musicianship
From the Root of C

SCALES C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C

Major R 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Natural Minor R 2 b
3 4 5 6
b
7
b
8

Harmonic Minor R 2 b
3 4 5 6
b
7 8

Melodic Minor (asc) R 2 b

3 4 5 6 7 8

Melodic Minor (desc) R 2 b

3 4 5 6
b
7
b
8

Enigmatic R 2
b
3 b
5 6
b
7
b
7 8

Chromatic R 2
b
2 b
3 3 4 b
5 5 6
b
6 7
b
7 8

WH Diminished R 2 b
3 4 b
5 6
b
6 7 8

HW Diminished R 2
b b
3 3 b
5 5 6 7
b
8

Major6 Diminished R 2 3 4 5 6
b
6 7 8

Minor6 Diminished R 2 b
3 4 5 6
b
6 7 8

Augmented R b
3 3 5 6
b
7 8

Whole Tone R 2 3 b
5 6
b
7
b
8

Mixolydian R 2 3 4 5 6 7
b
8

Lydian Dominant R 2 3 b
5 5 6 7
b
8

Lydian Augmented R 2 3 b
5 6
b
6 7 8
Pentatonic Major R 2 3 5 6 8

Pentatonic Minor R 3
b
4 5 7
b
8

In Sen R 2
b
4 5 7
b
8

3 Semitone R 3
b
5
b
6 8

4 Semitone R 3 6
b
8

Blues R 3
b
4 5
b
5 7
b
8

Bebop Major R 2 3 4 5 6 7
b
7 8

Bebop Minor R 2 3
b
4 5 6
b
7
b
7 8