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Chord/Scale Chart

The accompanying chart lists the most commonly occurring chords in jazz harmony
along with the scales normally associated with each. The chords are grouped into the four
basic categories of major, minor, dominant, and half diminished. In a pinch, any scale
from any chord in any one of these categories can be used for any other chord in that
category. There is an additional category for miscellaneous chords at the end. There are
many more possible scales and chords. However, these are the most important ones in
traditional jazz harmony.
Chord

Scale

Cmaj7, Cmaj9, C6, C

C major, C lydian, C major bebop


C major pentatonic, G major pentatonic

Cmaj7#11

C lydian, B in sen, D Mixolydian

Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, Cm

C dorian, C minor bebop, C minor pentatonic


F major pentatonic, Bb major pentatonic
Eb major bebop, C blues, C minor

Cm6, Cm

C dorian, C melodic minor


C minor pentatonic, F major pentatonic
Bb major pentatonic, C minor bebop
Eb major bebop, D in sen

Cm-maj7

C melodic minor, C harmonic minor


Eb major bebop

Cm7b6

C minor, Ab major pentatonic

Cm7b9

C phrygian, C phrygian #6

C7, C9, C13, C

C
C
C
C

C7sus, Csus, C11

C mixolydian

Bb/C, Gm7/C

C suspended pentatonic, F major pentatonic

C7#11, C7

C lydian dominant

C7alt, C7#9#5

C altered, F harmonic minor


F melodic minor

C7#9

C HW diminished

C7b9b5, C7b9

C HW diminished, F harmonic minor


F melodic minor

C7aug, C7+, C7#5

C whole tone

mixolydian, C lydian dominant


dominant bebop, C blues
major pentatonic, G Altered Minor,
mixolydian pentatonic

Cm7b5

C locrian #2, C locrian,


C Half Diminished Pentatonic, Blues

Chord

Scale

Cdim7

C WH diminished

Cphryg

C phrygian, C phrygian #6
C Spanish Phrygian, C in sen

Cmaj7#5

C lydian augmented, C major bebop,


C enigmatic

C7susb9

C phrygian #6, C phrygian

Scales
Major

Harmonic Minor

b3

b6

Melodic Minor

b3

Major Pentatonic

Minor Pentatonic

b3

Mixolydian Pentatonic

Altered Minor Pentatonic

b3

Half Diminished
Pentatonic

b3

b5

b7

Blues

b3

b5

Major Bebop

b6

Dominant Bebop

b7

Minor Bebop

b3

b7

Dorian

Phrygian

b2

Lydian

5
4
5

7
7

b7
b7

b3
3

6
5

b3

#4

5
4

b7

6
5

b7
b6

b7

Mixolydian

Aeolian

b3

Locrian (Half
Diminished)

b2

Locrian #2

Altered (Super Locrian)

b2

WH Diminished

HW Diminished

b2

#2

#4

Half Diminished

b2

b3

b5

b6

Whole Tone

Dorian b2

b2

Lydian Augmented

Lydian b7

Mixolydian b6

Double Harmonic

b2

Enigmatic

b2

#4

Neapolitan

b2

b3

Neapolitan Minor

b2

b3

b6

Hungarian Minor

b3

#4

b6

Japanese In Sen

b2

b7

Spanish

b2

b6

b7

Arabian

b5

b6

b7

Persian

b2

b3
b3

b6
b5

b3

b5

b7
b6

b6

#5

b7

bb7
6

b7
b7

#6

b7

#4

#5

#4

b7

b6

b5

#4

b7
b6

b5
b4

b3

b7

5
4

b3

4
3

b7

b6

b7

b6

#5

b5

#6

b6

7
7

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