Here is another (more complete) listing of scales and modes, including

synthetic and pentatonic scales. All of the scales are compared to the
major scale (formula: 1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1, 1, 1/2) showing which intervals
are altered. Thanks to all of the people who emailed suggestions and
thanks for the last post.
Andy Paredes
WWW.Athenet.net/~Talamasc
Major Scale Modes:
1) Major Scale (Ionian): no alternation
2) Dorian: flat 3, flat 7
3) Phrygian (Kurd, Arabic): flat 2, flat 3, flat 6, flat 7
4) Lydian: sharp 4
5) Mixolydian: flat 7
6) Aeolian (Natural Minor, Ancient Minor, Pure Minor): flat 3, flat 6,
flat 7
7) Locrian: flat 2, flat 3, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
Melodic Minor Scale Modes
1) Melodic Minor (Jazz Minor): flat 3
2) Javanese: flat 2, flat 3, flat 7
3) Lydian Augmented: sharp 4, sharp 5, flat 7
4) Overtone (Lydian Dominant): sharp 4, flat 7
5) Hindu: flat 6, flat 7
6) Locrian natural 2: flat 3, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
7) Super Locrian (Altered, Ravel): flat 2, flat 3, 4, flat 5, flat 6,
flat 7
Harmonic Minor Scale Modes:
1) Harmonic Minor Scale (Mohammedan):
2) Locrian Natural 6: flat 2, flat 3,
3) Harmonic Major: sharp 5
4) Romanian: flat 3, sharp 4, flat 7
5) Phrygian Dominant (Major Phrygian,
Ahavoh Rabboh):flat 2, flat 6, flat 7
6) Lydian sharp 2: sharp 2, sharp 4
7) Ultra Locrian: flat 2, flat 3, 4,

flat 3, flat 6
flat 5, flat 7
Balkan, Jewish, Spanish Gypsy,
flat 5, flat 6, double flat 7

Double Harmonic Minor Scale Modes

1) Double Harmonic Minor (Byzantine, Gypsy, Charhargah, East Indian
Raga): flat 2, flat 6
2) sharp 2, sharp 4, sharp 6
3) flat 2, flat 3, 4, flat 6, double flat 7
4) Hungarian Minor (Algerian): flat 3, sharp 4, flat 6
5) Oriental: flat 2, flat 5, flat 7
6) sharp 2, sharp 5
7) flat 2, double flat 3, flat 5, flat 6, double flat 7
Neapolitan Major Modes
1) Neapolitan Major: flat 2, flat 3

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sharp 4, sharp 5, sharp 6

sharp 4, sharp 5, flat 7
Lydian Minor: sharp 4, flat 6, flat 7
Major Locrian (Arabian): flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
flat 2, double flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7

Neapolitan Minor Modes

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6)
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Neapolitan Minor:
2, 3, 6
sharp 4, sharp 6
Mixolydian Augmented: sharp 5, flat 7
Hungarian Gypsy: flat 3, sharp 4, flat 6, flat 7
flat 2, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
sharp 2
flat 2, double flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 6, double flat 7

Hungarian Major Modes

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6)
7)

Hungarian Major:sharp 2, sharp 4, flat 7

flat 2, flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, double flat 6, double flat 7
flat 3, flat 5,flat 6
flat 2, flat 3, flat 4, flat 5, flat 7
flat 3, sharp 5
flat 2, flat 3, sharp 4, flat 7
sharp 3, sharp 4, sharp 5

Indian Ragas
Todi: flat 2, flat 3, sharp 4, flat 6
Marva: flat 2, sharp 4
miscellaneous
Persian: flat 2, flat 5, flat 6
Enigmatic: flat 2, sharp 4, sharp 5, sharp 6
Spanish Eight Tone: flat 3, (3), flat 5, flat 6, flat 7
Synthetic Scales
Synthetic scales are scales that follow particular orders in the steps
between the note values, rather than traditional tonal construction.
The following scales are listed by their formulas rather than interval
differences to the major scale.
Chromatic: (all step distances): , , , , , , , , , , ,
Whole Tone (all whole step distances): 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Diminished: 1, , 1, , 1, , 1,
Inverted Diminished: , 1, , 1, , 1, , 1
Augmented Scale: 1, , 1, , 1,
Pentatonic Scales
Because of the variations possible in pentatonic scales and different
intervals being excluded, all the intervals in each scale are listed
rather than just the altered intervals compared to the major scale.
Pentatonic Major Modes

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Major Scale Pentatonic (Mongolian): 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8

Egyptian: 1, 2, 4, 5, flat 7, 8
1, flat 3, 4, flat 6, flat 7, 8
Ritusen: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Pentatonic minor: 1, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 7, 8

Exotic Pentatonic Scales

Japanese: 1, flat 2, 4, 5, flat 6, 8
Chinese: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
1, 3, sharp 4, 5, 7, 8
Iwato: 1, flat 2, 4, 5, flat 7, 8
Scriabin: 1, flat 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
Hirajoshi: 1, 2, flat 3, 5, flat 6, 8
Kumoi: 1, 2, flat 3, 5, 6, 8
Pelog (Balinese): 1, flat 2, flat 3, 5, flat 6, 8
Indian Pentatonic: 1, 3, 4, 5, flat 7, 8
Hexatonic scales (6 note scales):
Prometheus: 1, 2, 3, sharp 4, 6, flat 7, 8
Prometheus Neapolitan: 1, flat 2, 3, sharp 4, 5, flat 7, 8
Blues Scale: 1, flat 3, 4, sharp 4, 5, flat 7, 8
From: aesager@acs4.acs.ucalgary.ca (Alexander Edward Sager)
Some of these are pretty cool, especially if played with a drone:
#=sharp
b=flat
Neapolitan Minor: C Db Eb F G Ab B C
Neapolitan Major: C Db Eb F G A B C
*Oriental: C Db E F Gb A Bb C
*Double Harmonic: C Db E F G Ab B C (Gypsy)
Enigmatic: C Db E F# G# A# B C
*Hirajoshi: A B C E F A
*Hungarian Minor: C D Eb F# G Ab B C
Hungarian Major: C D# E F# G A Bb C
*Kumoi: E F A B C E
*Iwato: B C E F A B
Hindu: C D E F G Ab Bb C
Spanish 8 Tone: C Db Eb E F Gb Ab Bb C
Pelog: C Db Eb G Bb C
Hungarian Gypsy: C D Eb F# G Ab Bb C
Major Phrygian: C Db E F G Ab Bb C
Major Locrian: C D E F Gb Ab Bb C
Lydian Minor: C D E F# G Ab Bb C
Overrtone: C D E F# G A Bb C
*Leading Whole Tone: C D E F# G# A# B C
Arabian: C D E F Gb Ab Bb C
Balinese: C Db Eb G Ab C
*Gypsy: C Db E F G Ab B C (Double Harmonic)
Mohammedan: C D Eb F G Ab B C (Minor Harmonic)
Javanese: C Db Eb F G A Bb C
*Persian: C Db E F Gb Ab B C
*Algerian: C D Eb F# G Ab B C D Eb F (derivada de la Hungarian Minor)
Aeolian: C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

*Byzantine: C Db E F G Ab B C (Double Harmonic o Gypsy)

Hawaiian: C D Eb (F grace note) G A B C
*Jewish: E F G# A B C D E
*Mongolian: C D E G A C (Pentat nica Mayor)
Ethiopian: G A Bb C D Eb F G (The B and E can also be natural and
the F can be sharp)
*Spanish: C Db E F G Ab Bb C
Egyptian: C D F G Bb C
*Japanese: C Db F G Ab C (Kumoi)
*Chinese: F G A C D F (Mongolian, Pentat nica Mayor)
C E F# G B C