Musical Scales - Major, Minor, along with Lydian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian, and Locrian

The fundamentals of any piece of music are related to the circle of fifths, namely scales and how notes interact with one another. I'll go on about consonants, dissonants, and tritones at a different point in time, but right now I just want to share with you the two commonly used scales, Major and Minor; modes of Minor: Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor; and the remaining 5 church modes Lydian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian, and Locrian.

I have laid out the corresponding notes in a spreadsheet format. I found this easy to use when trying to stick to one scale, without having to waste time trying to remember where all the half and whole steps came into play. And even though I have organized the Major and Minor scales separately, I have gone ahead and included their church mode counter parts of Ionian and Aeolian so you can see each scale relates to one another.

So here are the Major and Minor Scales:

Major

Minor

Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales:

Harmonic Minor - note the raised Leading Tone by half step.

Melodic Minor - Ascending & Descending

And the church modes:

Lydian

Ionian

Mixolydian

Dorian

Aeolian (Minor)

Phrygian

Locrian