Common Scale Exercises

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Scale Name	Intervals	Link
Major Scale	U M2 M3 P4 P5 M6 M7	Fixed Position, 3 Notes per String
Natural Minor Scale	U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 m7	Fixed Position, 3 Notes per String
Major Pentatonic Scale	U M2 M3 P5 M6	Pentatonic Scale Exercises
Minor Pentatonic Scale	U m3 P4 P5 m7	Pentatonic Scale Exercises
Blues Scale	U m3 P4 d5 P5 m7
Harmonic Minor Scale	U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 M7
Melodic Minor Scale	U M2 m3 P4 P5 M6 M7 (asc) U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 m7 (desc)
Whole-Half Scale	U M2 m3 P4 d5 m6 M6 M7	Whole-Half/Half-Whole Scale Exercises
Half-Whole Scale	U m2 m3 M3 A4 P5 M6 m7	Whole-Half/Half-Whole Scale Exercises
Whole-Tone Scale	U M2 M3 A4 A5 A6 or U M2 M3 d5 m6 m7	Whole-Tone Scale Exercises
Chromatic Scale	U m2 M2 m3 M3 P4 d5 P5 m6 M6 m7 M7	Chromatic Scale Exercises

Four Notes per String Scales

Scale Name	Intervals	Link
Whole-Half/Half-Whole	U M2 m3 P4 d5 m6 M6 M7 / U m2 m3 M3 a4 P5 M6 m7	Whole-Half/Half-Whole Scales
Chromatic Scale	U m2 M2 m3 M3 P4 d5 P5 m6 M6 m7 M7	Chromatic Scale