I know no one cares about pitches any more, only beats.. but here's a
collection of scales.
// some of these names are the names that musicians give to the scales
// and have no accurate relation to their actual origin.
// no microtuning here, all equal tempered.
z = (
// 5 note scales
minorPentatonic: [0,3,5,7,10],
majorPentatonic: [0,2,4,7,9],
ritusen: [0,2,5,7,9], // another mode of major pentatonic
egyptian: [0,2,5,7,10], // another mode of major pentatonic
kumoi: [0,2,3,7,9],
hirajoshi: [0,2,3,7,8],
iwato: [0,1,5,6,10], // mode of hirajoshi
chinese: [0,4,6,7,11], // mode of hirajoshi
indian: [0,4,5,7,10],
pelog: [0,1,3,7,8],
prometheus: [0,2,4,6,11],
scriabin: [0,1,4,7,9],
// 6 note scales
whole: (0,2..10),
augmented: [0,3,4,7,8,11],
augmented2: [0,1,4,5,8,9],
// hexatonic modes with no tritone
hexMajor7: [0,2,4,7,9,11],
hexDorian: [0,2,3,5,7,10],
hexPhrygian: [0,1,3,5,8,10],
hexSus: [0,2,5,7,9,10],
hexMajor6: [0,2,4,5,7,9],
hexAeolian: [0,3,5,7,8,10],
// 7 note scales
ionian: [0,2,4,5,7,9,11],
dorian: [0,2,3,5,7,9,10],
phrygian: [0,1,3,5,7,8,10],
lydian: [0,2,4,6,7,9,11],
mixolydian: [0,2,4,5,7,9,10],
aeolian: [0,2,3,5,7,8,10],
locrian: [0,1,3,5,6,8,10],
harmonicMinor: [0,2,3,5,7,8,11],
harmonicMajor: [0,2,4,5,7,8,11],
melodicMinor: [0,2,3,5,7,9,11],
bartok: [0,2,4,5,7,8,10], // jazzers call this the hindu scale
// raga modes
todi: [0,1,3,6,7,8,11], // maqam ahar kurd
purvi: [0,1,4,6,7,8,11],
marva: [0,1,4,6,7,9,11],
bhairav: [0,1,4,5,7,8,11],
ahirbhairav: [0,1,4,5,7,9,10],
superLocrian: [0,1,3,4,6,8,10],
romanianMinor: [0,2,3,6,7,9,10], // maqam nakriz
hungarianMinor: [0,2,3,6,7,8,11],
neapolitanMinor: [0,1,3,5,7,8,11],
enigmatic: [0,1,4,6,8,10,11],
spanish: [0,1,4,5,7,8,10],
// modes of whole tones with added note:
leadingWhole: [0,2,4,6,8,10,11],
lydianMinor: [0,2,4,6,7,8,10],
neapolitanMajor: [0,1,3,5,7,9,11],
locrianMajor: [0,2,4,5,6,8,10],
// 8 note scales
diminished: [0,1,3,4,6,7,9,10],
diminished2: [0,2,3,5,6,8,9,11],
// 12 note scales
chromatic: (0..11)
);
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