Scale Formulas

The tone/semitone step patterns behind the major, minor, pentatonic, blues and chromatic scales, so any scale can be built from any starting note.

What's inside

• Step-pattern diagrams (tone/semitone blocks) for major, natural/harmonic/melodic minor, and major pentatonic
• A table of the step pattern, notes built on C, and how each scale sounds, across 8 scales including blues and chromatic
• A "build it from anywhere" tip for transposing any pattern to a new starting note
• A starting recommendation (pentatonic) for first improvisation