All about scales Root C for Aryan

Most Common Jazz Chords : 1357 Major7, 1b35b7 Minor7, 135b7 Dominant7
Standard tuning
CMajor7 Chords go with CLydian Scale 123#45678 or C Major scale 12345678 the 4 note sounds bad usually
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Essential Chord Tones 137 CEB All Chord Tones 1357 CEGB
CMaj7 C C (Maj7)
8 8
Jazz Guitar

137 173 15735 1735

C Major Scale 12345678 CDEFGABC Chords that contain scale; CMaj7,CMaj9,C6,Cadd69, or any diatonic Chords in Key C,Dm,Em,F,G7,Am,Bm7b5
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1 2 3 4(badnoteoverCMAJ7Chord) 5 6 7 8
C D E F G A B C

C Lydian-Major Scale 123#45678 CDEF#GABC

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1 2 3 #4(JAZZTensionoverCMAJ7) 5 6 7 8
C D E F# G A B C

C Pentatonic Major Scale 123568 CDEGAC ALSO WORKS OVER C DOMINANT 7 C7 CHORD
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1 2 3 5 6 8
C D E G A C

C Major Blues Scale 12b33568 CDEbEGAC

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1 2 b3 3 5 6 8
C D Eb E G A C

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 Cm7 Chords go with CDorian Scale 12b3456b78 or CNatural Minor 12b345b6b78 *BAD WITH HARMONIC OR MELODIC MINOR*
Essential Chord Tones 1 b3 b7 C Eb Bb All Chord Tones 1 b3 5 b7 C Eb G Bb
Cm7 Cm7 Cm7 Cm7
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1b7b3 1b7b3 15b7b35 15b7b351

C Dorian minor 12b3456b78 CDEbFGABbC Chords; Cm6,Cm69,CmMaj7, or Diatonic chords Cm6,Dm6,Dm7,Ebmaj7#4#5,F7b5,G9#5,Am7b5,Bm7b5

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1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 8
C D Eb F G A Bb C

C Natural minor 12b345b6b78 CDEbFGAbBbC Chords; Cm7, or Diatonic chords Cm7,Dm7b5,Ebmaj7,Fm7,Gm7,AbMaj7,Bb7

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1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

C minor pentatonic scale 1b345b78 CEbFGBbC

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1 b3 4 5 b7 8
C Eb F G Ab C

C minor Blues (Cm Blues) scale 1b34b55b78 CEbFGbGBbC

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1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 8
C Eb F Gb G Bb C

1st SCALE over MinMaj7:

C JAZZ Melodic minor 12b345678 CDEbFGABC Chords; Cm6,Cm69,CmMaj7, or Diatonic chords Cm6,Dm6,Dm7,Ebmaj7#4#5,F7b5,G9#5,Am7b5,Bm7b5
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1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 8
C D Eb F G A B C

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 2nd SCALE over MinMaj7:
C Harmonic minor 12b345b678 CDEbFGAbBC Chords; Cm,CmMaj7,Cmb6, or Diatonic Chords Cm, Dm7b5,EbMaj7b5,Fm,G7b9,AbMaj7b5,Bdim7
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1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7 8
C D Eb F G Ab B C

CLASSICAL MINOR SCALE - NON-JAZZ SCALE

CLASSICAL MELODIC MINOR (ASCENDING) 12b345678 CDEbFGABC (DESCENDING NATURAL MINOR) 12b345b6b78 CDEbFGAbBbC
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1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 8 b7 b6 5 4 b3 2 1
C D Eb F G A B C Bb Ab G F Eb D C

CDominant7 Chords go with many Scales but must contain 13b7 ofen CLydian Dominant Scale 123#456b78
Essential Chord Tones 13b7 15b735 1b73 15b7b351
C7 C7 C7 C7
8 8

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13b7 15b735 1b73 15b7351

1st SCALE for Dominant 7 Chords : Good choice for most Dominant 7 chords contains a #4
C Lydian-Dominant Scale 123#456b78 CDEF#GABbC
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1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7 8
C D E F# G A Bb C

2nd SCALE for Dominant 7 Chords : Altered Extenions such as C7 b9 #9 b5 #5 b13

C Altered Scale for Altered Dominant 7 chords 1 b9 #9 3 b5 b13 b7 1 C Db D# E Gb Ab Bb C Altered Chords: C7,C7b9,C7#9,C7b5,C7#5,C7b13,
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1 b9 #9 3 b5 #5 b13 8
C Db D# E Eb G# Bb C

2nd SCALE for Dominant 7 Chords : C7 Chords or Extenstion, C9,C13

C Mixolydian Scale 123456b78 CDEFGABbC
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1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8
C D E F G A Bb C

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 4th SCALE for Dominant 7 #4#5 + Augmentend Chords : C7 Chords or C+ Caug C7b5, C7#5, C9, C9b5 C9#5, C7b13
18 C Whole Tone Scale 1 2 3 #4 #5 b7 8

1 2 3 #4 #5 b7 8
C D E F# G# Bb C

C Major Mode I : C MAJOR Chords, CMaj7, C6,Cmaj9, (most Jazz Players prefer Lydian with a #4 instead of the plain Major scale)
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Ionian 12345678 CDEFGABC Mode is Based around 1 Chord in this case C Major, C6,CMaj7,CMaj9
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
C D E F G A B C

C Major Mode ii : Usually a Dm6 or Dm7 chord

Dm6
5

D Dorian minor 12 b3 45 6 b7 8 DEFGABCD Mode is Based around 2minor Chord in C Major: Dm,Dm6,Dm69,Dm7,Dm9
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1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8
D E F G A B C D

C Major Mode iii : Em chord with b9 or Dominant E7b9 (makes Spanish Phrygian with 1b2b3345b6b78)
Em(  6) E7  9
7 6

E Phrygian 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8 EFGABCDE Mode is Based around 3minor Chord in C Major: Em,Emb9,Emb6, sometimes E7b9,E7#9
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1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
E F G A B C D E

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 C Major Mode IV : Popular Jazz scale for C Major7 chords, CMaj7#11,CMaj7b5,CMaj9
FMaj7  5
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F Lydian 123 #4 5678 FGABCDEF Mode is Based around 4Major Chord in key of C Major: F, F(#4),FMaj7b5,FMaj79b5,
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1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 8
F G A B C D E F

C Major Mode V : G Dominant 7, G7, G13,G9

G13
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G Mixolydian 123456 b7 8 GABCDEFG Mode is Based around 5Dominant Chord in C Major: G7,G9,G11,G13
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1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8
G A B C D E F G

C Major Mode vi : Am7, Am, Amb6

Am9 Am  6
5 5

Am Aeolian aka A Natural Minor Scale 12 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8 ABCDEFGA Mode is Based around 6minor Chord in C Major: Am,Am7,Amb6,Am9
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1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
A B C D E F G A

C Major Mode vii : Bm7b5 aka B half diminished chords

B aka Bm7  5

Bm7b5 Locrian 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 8 BCDEFGAB Mode is Based around 7th diminished Chord in C Major: Bm7b5, Bdim,
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1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 8
B C D E F G A B

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