| The 15 diatonic scales are: | C | D | E | F | G | A | B | |
| C# | Cb | Db | Eb | F# | Gb | Ab | Bb | |
| They are not: | D# | E# | Fb | G# | A# | B# |
All three variations of C (C natural, C flat and C sharp) can be written to a diatonic scale. For every other letter, two variations can be written.
Browse the diatonic scales. Some have sharps. Some have flats. None have both sharps and flats.
| C D E F G A B C D E F# G A B C# D E F# G# A B C# D# E F G A Bb C D E F G A B C D E F# G A B C# D E F# G# A B C# D# E F# G# A# B | C# D# E# F# G# A# B# C# Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb F# G# A# B C# D# E# F# Gb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb F G A Bb Cb Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb Cb |
Scales with sharps
There are 7 diatonic scales with sharps.
| D’scale | ||||||||
| G: | G | A | B | C | D | E | F# | G |
| D: | D | E | F# | G | A | B | C# | D |
| A: | A | B | C# | D | E | F# | G# | A |
| E: | E | F# | G# | A | B | C# | D# | E |
| B: | B | C# | D# | E | F# | G# | A# | B |
| F#: | F# | G# | A# | B | C# | D# | E# | F# |
| C#: | C# | D# | E# | F# | G# | A# | B# | C# |
A unique number of sharps can be counted to each diatonic scale.
| D’scale | G | D | A | E | B | F# | C# |
| #‘s | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Scales with flats
There are 7 diatonic scales with flats.
| D’scale | ||||||||
| F: | F | G | A | Bb | C | D | E | F |
| Bb: | Bb | C | D | Eb | F | G | A | Bb |
| Eb: | Eb | F | G | Ab | Bb | C | D | Eb |
| Ab: | Ab | Bb | C | Db | Eb | F | G | Ab |
| Db: | Db | Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Bb | C | Db |
| Gb: | Gb | Ab | Bb | Cb | Db | Eb | F | Gb |
| Cb: | Cb | Db | Eb | Fb | Gb | Ab | Bb | Cb |
A unique number of flats can be counted to each diatonic scale.
| D’scale | F | Bb | Eb | Ab | Db | Gb | Cb |
| b‘s | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |