This repository contains a collections of 399 distinct musical scales under 1012 names, presented in YAML and JSON form.
Fields:
"name" [str]: Name of scale as listed in source material"notes" [int]: List of offsets from root for each note, in semitones."intervals" [int]: List of intervals between adjacent notes, in semitones
Some scales take on different forms whether they are ascending or descending. These scales have the following fields:
"name" [str]: Name of scale as listed in source material"notes_ascending" [int]: List of offsets from root for each note, in semitones. (Ascending)"notes_descending" [int]: List of offsets from root for each note, in semitones. (Descending)"intervals_ascending" [int]: List of intervals between adjacent notes, in semitones. (Ascending)"intervals_descending" [int]: List of intervals between adjacent notes, in semitones. (Descending)
The "notes" field is most useful for MIDI processing. For example, to determine the notes that make up a C4 Melodic Minor, add 60 + [0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11] = [60, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71].
Scales can be extended to multiple octaves by adding or subtracting multiples of 12, for example [..., -12, -10, -9, -7, -5, -3, -1, 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, ...].
All data in this repository was compiled by Francesco Balena in The Scale Omnibus, who was gracious enough to release their work for free to the public. Please visit their website at http://www.saxopedia.com/the-scale-omnibus to access the most up-to-date version and support Balena's work.
Converted from version 1.02 of The Scale Omnibus to YAML and JSON by Corey Hoard.
The Scale Omnibus PDF is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Please respect this license and attribute Francesco Balena wherever this repository is used. If you find this converted dataset useful, attribution to Corey Hoard is appreciated but not required.