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.

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More about Iwato

Steps: Half, 2 whole, half, 2 whole, whole

About the Iwato scale

A Japanese pentatonic scale. It uses the same intervals as Hirajoshi, started from Hirajoshi's 2nd note.

What makes it sound the way it does

It has a ♭2 and a ♭5 but no 3rd and no perfect 5th, so the root has no stable chord.

A♭ Iwato

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D♭
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Chords that fit

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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