List of musical modes Belongs to program Scala , see command MODE. Created by Manuel Op de Coul. Number of modes: 1202 Maximum number of notes: 14 The numbers represent the number of scale degrees between consecutive tones of the mode, starting from the tonic. So for 12-tone modes they are semitones, for 24-tone modes quartertones, etc., but for unequal parent scales just the former. This list only specifies which notes are used in a mode, raga, maqam, etc. ignoring all other aspects. This list also ignores varieties that may exist of given modes in different regions of a culture. A number between [] indicates another starting note than the implicit degree 0. The Meantone chromatic scales (negative systems), Twelve-tone chromatic scales (positive systems) and their major and minor modes are of the 3-limit Pythagorean kind. The scales marked with Just are approximations to 5-limit just scales, as well as the natural, melodic and harmonic minor scales. Where names are prepend