Absolutely a landmark text! Author Mike Christiansen spent countless hours researching the scale forms used in all major musical idioms and also those found in other non-Western musical cultures. In addition to a myriad of scale forms (both conventional and rare) for major, minor, pentatonic, and blues, in-depth sections are contained on modes symmetrical altered scales, exotic scales and Japanese scales. Among the scale forms presented are Byzantine, Persian, East Indian Purvi, enigmatic, eight-tone Spanish, Prometheus, Gagaku, Zokugaku, In Sen Pou, Arabian and Balinese!! Scales are shown in notation, tablature, and diagram form. Also, rules are given for each scale showing construction and appropriate usage in relation to chordal structure and harmony. Includes access to online video demonstrating improvisational applications of each scale.

How To Read The Scales   
How To Use The Book    
Major Scales
Major Scales                             
Neopolitan Major  
Hungarian Major                         
Harmonic Major                         
Minor Scales
Natural Minor Scales  
Harmonic Minor Scales                    
Melodic Minor Scales                     
Jazz Minor   
Hungarian Minor                         
Lydian Minor  
Neopolitan Minor                        
Pentatonic Scales
Major Pentatonic Scales                   
Minor Pentatonic Scales  
Blues Scales
The Blues Scale   
The Major Blues Scale  
Modes
Ionian Mode  
Dorian Mode   
Phrygian Mode  
Lydian Mode   
Mixolydian Mode  
Aeolian Mode  
Locrian Mode                           
Super Locrian Mode                      
Lydian Dominant                         
Major Locrian  
Symmetrical/ Altered Scales
Chromatic  
Diminished (Whole-Halt)    
Diminished (Half-Whole)    
Whole Tone   
Diminished Whole Tone   
Leading Whole Tone   
Symmetrical   
Six Tone Symmetrical                     
Exotic Scales
Arabian Scale  
Balinese Scale   
Byzantine (Popular in India)  :               
Hungarian Gypsy                         
Persian   
East Indian Purvi                         
Oriental  
Double Harmonic  
Enigmatic  
Overtone  
Eight Tone Spanish                       
Prometheus                             
Japanese Scales
Gagaku (Rittsu Sen Pou)   
Gagaku (Ryo Sen Pou)  
Zokugaku (You Sen Pou)  
In Sen Pou   
Okinawa