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Major Scale OptionsDavid C. ValCasa Valdez Studios

C Major Scale

C Lydian Scale

C Major bebop Scale

C Harmonic Major Scale

C Lydian #5 A melodic minor (down a minor third melodic minor)

C Augmented

C Scriabin Scale * First four notes of two Major scales a tri-tone apart

C Split third scaleA harmonic minor (harmonic minor from the major third)

These are all scales that fit (more or less) over a C Major7 chord

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Goonkali Scale+

Marwa Scale+

Sri or Purvi Scale+

Nohkan Flute Scale+

Shimo-Chidori Scale+

C Major Pentatonic Scale

D Major Pentatonic Scale

*from Nicolas Slonimsky's 'Thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns'

+from Yusef A. Lateef's 'Repository of scales amd Melodic Patterns'

G Major Pentatonic Scale

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3Noh Scale+

Indian Improvised Scale+

Archaic Greek Scale+

Synthetic Scale (derived from two major triads a half-step apart)

Scriabin: sonata no.7*

Heptatonic Scale with two augmented seconds*

Slonimsky Scale 1068*

"Enigmatic Scale" of Verdi*

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4Slonimsky Scale no.1058*

Slonimsky Scale no.1055*

Slonimsky Scale no.1052*

Major Blues Scale (Groiner Blues Scale)

D Blues Scale (Blues Scale from the ninth)

Japanese Scale+

C Whole-tone Scale "Just don't land on the b7"- George Garzone