Comprehensive Scale Library
Bass Guitar Scales & Modes
Explore playable fretboard charts, note formulas, degree steps, and audio playback across 17 scales and modes.
C Bass Scales
C Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
C Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
C Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
C Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
C Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
C Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
C Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
C Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
C Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
C Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
C Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
C Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
C Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
C Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
C Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
C Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
C Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
C# Bass Scales
C# Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
C# Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
C# Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
C# Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
C# Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
C# Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
C# Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
C# Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
C# Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
C# Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
C# Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
C# Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
C# Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
C# Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
C# Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
C# Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
C# Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
D Bass Scales
D Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
D Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
D Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
D Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
D Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
D Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
D Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
D Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
D Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
D Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
D Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
D Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
D Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
D Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
D Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
D Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
D Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
Eb Bass Scales
Eb Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
Eb Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
Eb Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
Eb Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
Eb Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
Eb Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
Eb Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
Eb Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
Eb Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
Eb Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
Eb Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
Eb Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
Eb Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
Eb Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
Eb Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
Eb Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
Eb Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
E Bass Scales
E Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
E Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
E Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
E Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
E Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
E Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
E Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
E Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
E Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
E Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
E Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
E Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
E Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
E Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
E Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
E Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
E Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
F Bass Scales
F Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
F Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
F Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
F Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
F Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
F Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
F Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
F Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
F Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
F Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
F Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
F Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
F Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
F Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
F Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
F Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
F Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
F# Bass Scales
F# Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
F# Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
F# Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
F# Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
F# Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
F# Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
F# Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
F# Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
F# Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
F# Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
F# Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
F# Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
F# Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
F# Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
F# Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
F# Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
F# Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
G Bass Scales
G Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
G Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
G Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
G Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
G Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
G Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
G Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
G Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
G Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
G Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
G Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
G Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
G Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
G Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
G Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
G Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
G Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
Ab Bass Scales
Ab Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
Ab Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
Ab Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
Ab Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
Ab Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
Ab Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
Ab Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
Ab Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
Ab Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
Ab Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
Ab Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
Ab Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
Ab Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
Ab Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
Ab Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
Ab Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
Ab Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
A Bass Scales
A Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
A Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
A Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
A Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
A Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
A Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
A Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
A Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
A Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
A Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
A Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
A Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
A Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
A Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
A Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
A Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
A Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
Bb Bass Scales
Bb Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
Bb Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
Bb Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
Bb Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
Bb Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
Bb Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
Bb Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
Bb Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
Bb Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
Bb Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
Bb Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
Bb Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
Bb Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
Bb Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
Bb Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
Bb Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
Bb Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.
B Bass Scales
B Major
Open, resolved, and harmonically complete.
B Natural Minor
Dark, direct, and familiar.
B Harmonic Minor
Tense and dramatic, with a strong leading tone.
B Melodic Minor
Minor at its core, but smooth and harmonically modern.
B Major Pentatonic
Clear, spacious, and hard to clash with.
B Minor Pentatonic
Compact, punchy, and riff-friendly.
B Blues
Gritty and expressive, with chromatic tension around the fifth.
B Dorian
Minor with lift and forward motion from the natural sixth.
B Phrygian
Dark and compressed, defined by the flat second.
B Lydian
Bright and weightless, colored by the raised fourth.
B Mixolydian
Major with a relaxed, dominant pull.
B Locrian
Unstable and unresolved, with both a flat second and flat fifth.
B Phrygian Dominant
Dark and commanding, with a major third above the flat second.
B Whole Tone
Floating and directionless, with no semitone resolution.
B Diminished Half-Whole
Dense dominant tension with repeating half-step and whole-step cells.
B Diminished Whole-Half
Balanced and angular, outlining diminished-seventh symmetry.
B Chromatic
All twelve pitch classes with no diatonic hierarchy.