List the notes in a musical scale

List pitch classes for major, natural-minor, and major or minor pentatonic patterns from a selected root.

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How it works

The root indexes a 12-semitone cycle; major applies 0,2,4,5,7,9,11 and natural minor applies 0,2,3,5,7,8,10. Pentatonic choices use five offsets, and the displayed degree is position within that selected pattern.

  • Major is the initial pattern.
  • Only sharp names exist in the pitch-class table, so enharmonic spelling is not key-aware.

Worked example

List the notes in a musical scale
Input
											Root: D
Scale: major
Output
												Degree  Note
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1       D
2       E
3       F#
4       G
5       A
6       B
7       C#

When to use this

Keyboard players check D-major notes, improvisers compare pentatonic sets, and songwriters inspect natural-minor pitch classes.

Edge cases

  • F major displays A# where conventional notation normally writes Bb.
  • The reported degree is an ordinal scale position rather than a chromatic semitone count.
  • Natural minor never raises degree six or seven, so harmonic and melodic minor are outside this result.