Major Scale
The fundamental major scale - the foundation of Western harmony
Dorian Scale
Minor scale with a raised 6th - essential for minor ii-V-i
Mixolydian Scale
Major scale with b7 - the dominant sound
Lydian Scale
Major scale with #4 - very bright
Mixolydian #11
Lydian dominant - adds tension with the #11
Whole Tone
WT scale - most basic hexatonic scale
Whole/Half Tone
WT/HT scale - the diminished sound
Altered Scale
Melodic minor 7 - essential for altered dominants
Major Pentatonic
Five-note scale - clean and versatile
Minor Pentatonic
Five-note scale - minor variant
Blues Scale
Minor Pentatonic with blue note - foundation for blues
Bebop Dominant
Mixolydian with passing tone - keeps chord tones on beats
Bebop Major
Major with passing tone - major sixth diminished
Major Arpeggio
Root, 3rd, 5th - the bright major sound
Minor Arpeggio
Root, b3, 5th - the ii chord sound
Augmented Arpeggio
Root, 3rd, #5th - the augmented sound
Half-Diminished Arpeggio
Root, b3, b5, b7 - the ii in minor ii-V-is
Fully Diminished Arpeggio
Root, b3, b5, etc. - stacked minor 3rds
Enclosure Pattern
Approach the root from above and below
Honeysuckle Rose Lick
Classic bebop vocabulary from the standard
Simple ii-V-I (Major)
Basic major ii-V-I resolution pattern
Coltrane Pattern Major
1-2-3-5 melodic cell - classic Trane vocabulary
Coltrane Pattern Minor
1-b3-4-5 melodic cell - classic Trane vocabulary