Scale & Chord Explorer
See and hear any scale or chord, in any key, on the fretboard.
Key
Labels
C Nihavend (Nahawand)
Middle Eastern & Turkish Makams / Maqams
Buselik pentachord + Kürdi tetrachord; the makam closest to Western minor. The 7th is often raised going up (harmonic minor).
Makams use intervals smaller than a fret (komas, quarter tones) and are defined as much by their seyir (melodic path) as by their notes. Shown here is the nearest 12-tone, fretted approximation, so some makams land on the same notes.
Tap any dot to hear it.
Formula
Notes
Steps
H = half step, W = whole step