Scales for full fretboard

Full fretboard guitar scale finder info

This guitar scale finder displays notes of the scale over all the fretboard. By default, the fretboard consists of 15 frets, but it can be expanded up to 24 frets. Increase/decrease he numbers of frets with the up and down arrows in the "Frets" field.

Choose between flats (b) and sharps (#) by mark the circles in the "b / #" toogle above the fretboard canvas.

Choose the root note and the scale type to see the positions for the scale all over the guitar neck. Darker color highlighting the root notes.

Below the fretboard canvas, notes and intervals are visble for the selected scale.

Scale library

The scale library include a large amount of scale:

• Major: One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The major scale is foundational in Western music and is associated with a happy or bright sound.
• Minor: A seven-note scale that is often associated with a sad or melancholic sound. It is widely used across various musical genres.
• Minor Harmonic: Similar to the natural minor scale but with a raised seventh note, giving it a distinctive sound often used in classical and Eastern music.
• Minor Melodic: A minor scale with different ascending and descending forms. Ascending, it raises the sixth and seventh notes, while descending, it reverts to the natural minor form.
• Major Pentatonic: A five-note scale derived from the major scale. It omits the fourth and seventh notes and is often used in folk, blues, and rock music.
• Minor Pentatonic: A five-note scale derived from the minor scale. It omits the second and sixth notes and is popular in blues and rock music.
• Blues Scale: A six-note scale that adds a "blue" note to the minor pentatonic scale, giving it a distinctive bluesy flavor.
• Ionian: The same as the major scale, characterized by its bright and happy sound.
• Dorian: A seven-note scale that is a minor scale with a raised sixth note, often used in jazz and folk music.
• Phrygian: A seven-note scale that features a minor second, giving it a Spanish or exotic sound.
• Lydian: A seven-note scale with a raised fourth note, giving it a dreamy or otherworldly feel.
• Mixolydian: A seven-note scale with a lowered seventh note, often used in rock and blues.
• Mixolydian Hexatonic: A six-note variation of the Mixolydian scale, omitting one note for a more streamlined sound.
• Aeolian: Also known as the natural minor scale, it is a seven-note scale foundational to much of Western music.
• Locrian: A seven-note scale with a diminished fifth, giving it a tense and unresolved sound.
• Aeolian Dominant: A variant of the Aeolian scale with a major third, giving it a unique sound.
• Hindu Scale: A seven-note scale used in Indian classical music, similar to the Mixolydian scale in Western music.
• Major-Minor Scale: A hybrid scale featuring characteristics of both major and minor scales.
• Algerian Scale: An exotic scale with both augmented and minor intervals, used in North African music.
• Arabic Scale: A scale that features characteristic Middle Eastern intervals, often used in traditional Arabic music.
• Major Locrian: A scale that combines elements of both major and Locrian scales, giving it a unique sound.
• Augmented Scale: A symmetrical scale built from repeating intervals, often used in jazz and fusion.
• Symmetrical Augmented Scale: Similar to the augmented scale, featuring a repeating symmetrical pattern.
• Locrian #2 Scale: A variation of the Locrian scale with a raised second note.
• Aeolian b5 Scale: A variation of the Aeolian scale with a lowered fifth.
• Half Diminished: A scale with diminished intervals, often used in jazz and classical music.
• Minor Locrian: A scale with characteristics of both minor and Locrian scales.
• Lydian Dominant: A scale with a Lydian feel but a lowered seventh note, often used in jazz.
• Lydian b7 Scale: A variation of the Lydian scale with a lowered seventh note.
• Acoustic Scale: A scale with a Lydian dominant sound, used in jazz and fusion.
• Overtone Scale: Similar to the acoustic scale, based on the natural overtone series.
• Bartok Scale: A variation of the acoustic scale, named after composer Béla Bartók.
• Whole Tone Scale: A six-note scale consisting entirely of whole steps, giving it a dreamy, ambiguous sound.
• Hungarian Minor: A scale with distinctive augmented and minor intervals, used in Hungarian and Eastern European music.
• Octatonic Scale: An eight-note scale alternating whole and half steps, used in classical and jazz music.
• Half–Whole Diminished: A symmetrical scale used in jazz, alternating half and whole steps.
• Double Harmonic Scale: A scale with exotic intervals, used in Middle Eastern and Eastern European music.
• Byzantine: A scale with a double harmonic sound, often used in Byzantine and Eastern music.
• Altered Scale: A scale with all altered notes, used in jazz for tension and resolution.
• Super Locrian: A variation of the altered scale, used in jazz for creating tension.
• Enigmatic: A scale with unusual intervals, used for creating mysterious or ambiguous music.
• Lydian Augmented Scale: A scale with both raised fourth and fifth notes, giving it an augmented sound.
• Mixolydian b6 Scale: A variation of the Mixolydian scale with a lowered sixth note.
• Bebop Dominant Scale: An eight-note scale adding chromaticism to the Mixolydian, used in bebop jazz.
• Bebop Major Scale: An eight-note scale adding chromaticism to the major scale, used in bebop jazz.
• Bebop Minor Scale: An eight-note scale adding chromaticism to the minor scale, used in bebop jazz.
• Hungarian Major Scale: A scale with Hungarian folk music characteristics, featuring augmented intervals.
• Gypsy Major: A scale with exotic intervals, often associated with Romani or Gypsy music.
• Romanian Minor Scale: A scale with distinctive intervals, used in Romanian folk music.
• Ionian #5 Scale: A major scale with a raised fifth, giving it a unique sound.
• Dorian #4: A Dorian scale with a raised fourth, used for a distinct sound.
• Lydian Minor: A scale combining Lydian and minor characteristics.
• Mixolydian b2 Scale: A variation of the Mixolydian scale with a lowered second note.
• In Scale (Japanese): A traditional Japanese scale with a unique pentatonic sound.
• Yo Scale (Japanese): Another traditional Japanese scale, characterized by its pentatonic structure.
• Hirajoshi Scale (Japanese): A Japanese scale with a distinct pentatonic sound.
• In Sen Scale (Japanese): A Japanese scale with characteristic pentatonic intervals.

These descriptions provide a brief overview of each scale and its characteristics. Notice that some might have alternate scale names. For example, Aeolian Dominant are also known as Hindu Scale as well as Major-Minor Scale.