Scales & Chords Finder

Find the notes and chords of any scale in all 12 keys. Major, minor, modes, pentatonic and exotic scales, with chord progressions and free MIDI downloads.

Root
Scale
Chords
More about Blues

Same notes as: C♭ major blues

Steps: 1½, whole, half, half, 1½, whole

About the Blues scale

The minor pentatonic with one added note, the ♭5, often called the blue note.

What makes it sound the way it does

The ♭5 sits between the 4th and the 5th, a half step from each, and works as a passing note between them.

A♭ Blues

A♭
C♭
D♭
E𝄫
E♭
G♭

Chords that fit

A♭m
A♭dim
C♭
C♭m

Progressions

All scales and keys

Major & Minor

MajorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Natural MinorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Harmonic MinorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Melodic MinorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Harmonic MajorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B

Modes

DorianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
PhrygianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
LydianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
MixolydianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
LocrianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B

Melodic Minor Modes

Dorian ♭2C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Lydian AugmentedC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Lydian DominantC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Mixolydian ♭6C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Locrian ♮2C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
AlteredC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B

Harmonic Minor Modes

Locrian ♮6C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Ionian ♯5C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Ukrainian DorianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Phrygian DominantC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Lydian ♯2C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
UltralocrianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B

Pentatonic & Blues

Major PentatonicC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Minor PentatonicC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
EgyptianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Dominant PentatonicC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
BluesC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Major BluesC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B

Japanese & Asian

HirajoshiC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
In SenC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
IwatoC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
KumoiC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
YoC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
PelogC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
ChineseC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B

Middle Eastern & Indian

Double HarmonicC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Hungarian MinorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Hungarian MajorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Gypsy MinorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
PersianC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
OrientalC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
ArabicC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
EnigmaticC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Neapolitan MinorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Neapolitan MajorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
TodiC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
PurviC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
MarwaC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B

Symmetric & Jazz

Whole ToneC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
AugmentedC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Diminished (Whole–Half)C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Diminished (Half–Whole)C C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
PrometheusC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
TritoneC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Bebop DominantC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Bebop MajorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Bebop MinorC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B
Spanish 8-ToneC C♯ D E♭ E F F♯ G A♭ A B♭ B