Comprehensive Scale Catalog: Twelve-Tone Scales in Equal Temperament
This page is part of Flutopedia's Comprehensive Scale Catalog ... a listing of many (many) scales that can be played on Native American flutes.
This page shows only scales with twelve tones per octave and using 12-tone Equal Temperament.
The root note of each scale is shown in blue, such as .
Chromatic
Scale steps in semitones: 1–1–1–1–1–1–1–1–1–1–1–1
Scale degrees:
in semitones: 0–1–2–3–4–5–6–7–8–9–10–11–12
intervals: 1–m2–2–m3–3–4–d5–5–m6–6–m7–7–8
Root, Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Diminished 5th, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Minor 7th, Major 7th, Octave
Pitches starting from C:
C C♯ D D♯ E F F♯ G G♯ A A♯ B c
C D♭ D E♭ E F G♭ G A♭ A B♭ B c
              
              
All The Chords Name: Chromatic, imperfections
Pitch Class Set: {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}
Pitch Class Mapping: 4095 (Hex FFF, Binary 111111111111)
A Study of Scales (Ian Ring) Index: 4095
Deep scale: No
Coherent scale: Yes
This scale is a mode (rotation) of these other scales:
Mode 2 of: Chromatic
Mode 3 of: Chromatic
Mode 4 of: Chromatic
Mode 5 of: Chromatic
Mode 6 of: Chromatic
Mode 7 of: Chromatic
Mode 8 of: Chromatic
The name I use for this scale comes from: Scala
Entry on the Map of Native American Flute Tunings page: Recorder
Scala name: Twelve-tone Chromatic (1/11-comma)
ChordHouse name: Chromatic
Wikipedia page related to this scale:
Piano Encyclopedia names: Chromatic (harmonic) descending; Chromatic (melodic) descending
Scale Omnibus name: Chromatic
  
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