VII. Scale Spelling
The preferred method for spelling scales is comparison of their steps to those of the major scale (covered in section I)
| Major | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Major Pentatonic | 1 2 3 5 6 |
| Natural Minor | 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 |
| Minor Pentatonic | 1 b3 4 5 b7 |
| Harmonic Minor | 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7 |
| Melodic Minor | 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 |
(Use this version, ascending melodic minor, for jazz solos—not the classical version.)
| Blues | 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 |
Symmetrical Scales
| Whole Tone | 1 2 3 #4 #5 b7 |
| Diminished | |
| Whole-Half | 1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 bb7 7 |
| Half-Whole | 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 5 6 b7 |