Polychord Chord-Scale Relationships Polychord Normal Chord Scale or Mode

Major Family: G/C = C ma9 Bmi/C = C ma#11 D/Cma7 = C ma13 E/C = C ma7#5 Minor Family: G/Cmi = C mi9#7 Dmi/Cmi = C mi13 D/Cmi7 = C mi13#11

= Ionian or Lydian = Lydian = Lydian = Lydian Augmented = Harmonic/Melodic Minor = Dorian = 4th Mode of Harmonic Minor

Dominant Family: Bb/C bass = C9 sus4 = Mixolydian Gmi7/C bass = C9 sus4 = Mixolydian Bbmi7/C bass = C7b9b13sus4 = 5th Mode of Harmonic Minor D/C7 = C13 = Lydian, b7 Eb/C7 = C7#9 = 1/2 Whole Diminished Gb/C7 = C7b5b9 = 1/2 Whole Dim./Sup. Locrian Ab/C7 = C7#5#9 = Super Locrian A/C7 = C13b9 = 1/2 Whole Diminished C#mi/C7 = C7#5b9 = Super Locrian Ebmi/C7 = C7b5#9 = 1/2 Whole Dim./Sup. Locrian F#mi/C7 = C13b5b9 = 1/2 Whole Diminished Half-Diminished Family: Ab/Cmi7b5 = Cmi13b5 = Locrian Bb/Cmi7b5 = Cmi9b5 = Locrian, #2 Diminished Family: B/Cdim7 = Cdim#7 = Whole 1/2 Diminished D/Cdim7 = Cdmi9 = Whole 1/2 Diminished F/Cdim7 = Cdim11 = Whole 1/2 Diminished Ab/Cdim7 = Cdim13 = Whole 1/2 Diminished

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Scale Choices for Improvisation Organized by Scale Groups (Initial Learning) Major Modes Harmonic Minor Modes 1) Ionian (ma7) 2) Dorian (mi7) 3) Phrygian (mi7) 4) Lydian (ma7#11) 5) Mixolydian (dom7) 6) Aeolian (mi7) 7) Locrian (mi7b5) Melodic Minor Modes 1) Melodic minor (mi#7) 2) Dorian,b2 (mib9) 3) Lydian-Augmented (ma7#5) 4) Lydian,b7 (dom7#11) 5) Mixolydian,b6 (dom7b13) 6) Locrian,#2 (mi9b5) 1) Harmonic (mi#7) 2) 2nd Mode (mi7b5) 3) 3rd Mode (ma7#5) 4) 4th Mode (mi7) 5) 5th Mode (dom7b9b13) 6) 6th Mode (ma7#11) 7) 7th Mode (dim7) Harmonic Major Modes 1) 1st Mode (ma7 or ma7#5) 2) 2nd Mode (mi9b5) 3) 3rd Mode (mi7 or dom7#9) 4) 4th Mode (mi#7) 5) 5th Mode (dom13b9) 6) 6th Mode (ma7#5)

7) Super Locrian (dom7#5#9) Altered Scales Whole Tone (dom7#5) WH Diminished (dim7) HW Diminished (dom13#9) Augmented (ma7#5)

7) 7th Mode (dim7) Pentatonic & Blues Scales Major Pentatonic (1 2 3 5 6) Minor Pentatonic (1 b3 4 5 b7) Major Blues (1 2 #2 3 5 6) Minor Blues (1 b3 4 #4 5 b7)

Organized by Chord Groups (Application) Major Seventh Chords Minor Seventh Chords 1) Ionian (natural 4) 2) Lydian (#4) 3) 3rd Mode Harmonic Minor (#5) 4) 6th Mode Harmonic Minor (#4) 5) Lydian-Augmented (#4, #5) 6) Augmented (natural 5 or #5) 7) Major Pentatonic (on 1, 2 or 5) 8) Major Blues 9) Harmonic Major (natural 5 or #5) 10) 6th Mode Harmonic Major (#5) 1) Dorian (#6) 2) Phrygian (b2) 3) Aeolian (natural 6) 4) Harmonic Minor (#7) 5) 4th Mode Harmonic Minor (#4) 6) Melodic Minor (#6, #7) 7) Dorian, b2 (b9) 8) Minor Pentatonic (on 1, 2 or 5) 9) Minor Blues 10) 3rd Mode Harmonic Major (b2, b4) 11) 4th Mode Harmonic Major (#4, #7) Dominant Seventh Chords

1) Mixolydian (natural 4)

Half-Diminished Seventh Chords

2) 5th Mode Harmonic Minor (b9, b13) 1) Locrian (natural 2) 3) Lydian, b7 (#11) 2) 2nd Mode Harmonic Minor (natural 2) 3) Locrian, #2 (#2) 4) 2nd Mode Harmonic Major (#2)

4) Mixolydian,b6 (b13) 5) Super Locrian (b5, #5, b9, #9) 6) Whole Tone (b5, #5) 7) HW Diminished (13, b9)

Fully-Diminished Seventh Chords 1) WH Diminished 2) 7th Mode Harmonic Minor 3) 7th mode Harmonic Major

8) Major Pentatonic (on 1 or b5) 9) Minor Pentatonic (on 1) 10) Major Blues 11) Minor Blues 12) 3rd Mode Harmonic Major (b9, #9, b13) 13) 5th Mode Harmonic Major (13, b9)

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