Interactive Versions

Unabridged Chord and Scale Glossary

A lot of sites say they have a list of all chords, but none comes close to this. An interactive database of over 350,00 chord and scale name variations for the 2049 possible note combinations, most of which noone will ever use, but also the important ones. If you find omissions, please let me know and I will add them.

The lists below have links to the guitar fingerings for the scales and arpeggios.

Scales

Build your own Scales and Arpeggios 6.0

Shows the modes for arpeggios and scales with any number of notes, with the most common modes preprogrammed.
Allows for any possible scale.
Calculates the scale modes and chords for all.

Higly recommended. This is what I actually use to practice.

11 MB file, so it takes a while to load.

Note Per Pattern Variations

The note per pattern shift variations are newer material not in the main documents. (Note per Pattern is not the same as Note per String.)

Build Your Own Chords

Use the following spreadsheets depending on what tuning you are using. 

1 BYO Standard

2 BYO Drop D

3 BYO Double Drop D

4 BYO G

5 BYO Open D

6 BYO Open G

7 BYO Open G Overtone

8 BYO Adjustable

 

The Friendly Tempo finder for polyryhtms and metric modulation.

 

Older Versions of the Build Your Own Scales Interactive

Build your own Scales and Arpeggios 5.0

Older Versions of the Build Your Own Scales Interactive

Build your own Scales and Arpeggios 5.0

Shows the modes for arpeggios and scales with any number of notes, with the most common modes preprogrammed. Allows for Sus and add chords as well as chromatic passing tones. Calculates the scale and chord for all

Higly recommended. This is what I actually use to practice.

11 MB file, so it takes a while to load.

Build Your own Scales with Chords 2.0

Use this interactive application to find and transpose scales, including scales that do not have seven notes. Version 2 now does chord analysis. The pages in the main table above have more information, but the interactive version. This versionusues a different interface than the main interactive document above. This interface may be weasier to understand, but it does not give modal information. It allows for exploration and will produce any possible pattern, including scales that may not have been added to the main pages. Old Version 1.0 (No Chords)

Build your own Arpeggios 4.0

A previous version of the Build your Own Arpeggios interactive. Shows the parallel modes for arpeggios and scales with seven notes, with the most common modes preprogrammed. (No adds or sus chords here)

Use this one if the newer one is too slow on your system, or if all the options are too confusiong

7MB file, so it takes a while to load.

Build your own Arpeggios 3.0

A previous version of the Build your Own Arpeggios interactive. Shows the parallel modes for arpeggios and scales with seven notes, with the most common modes preprogrammed. (No side by side relative modes here)

Use this one if the newer one is too slow on your system, or if all the options are too confusiong

7MB file, so it takes a while to load.

Build your own Arpeggios 2.0

A previous version of the Build your Own Arpeggios interactive. This one has fewer features, including only showing the first more up the neck and only showing full patterns rather than isolated octaves.

Use this one if the newer one is too slow on your system, or if all the options are too confusiong.

Parallel Modes

Shows all the scale modes in parallel form. Everything in this document is also in the Build Your Own arpeggios links above, so only use this if that one does not load or is confusing because of all the options.