C scales

Bass guitar scales with C as the root note.
Choose from the categories below for fingerboard diagrams and supplementary information.

C Major C Minor C Melodic Minor C Harmonic Minor C Major Pentatonic C Minor Pentatonic C Ionian C Dorian C Phrygian C Lydian C Mixolydian C Aeolian C Locrian

Explanations

Major - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The C Major scale are connected to the key of C, they contain the same notes.
Minor - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The C Minor scale are connected to the key of C Minor, they contain the same notes. C Minor is sometimes written as Cm in shortened form. Sometimes written as Natural Minor to distinguish it from other Minor scale categories.
Melodic Minor - This minor scale differs from the Natural Minor by containing one instead of three flattened notes.
Harmonic Minor - This minor scale differs from the Natural Minor by containing two instead of three flattened notes.
Major Pentatonic - A five-notes scale based on the Major scale, but without the 4th and the 7th intervals.
Minor Pentatonic - A five-notes scale based on the Minor scale, but without the 2nd and the 6th intervals.
Ionian - The first mode of the Major scale.
Dorian - The second mode of the Major scale.
Phrygian - The third mode of the Major scale.
Lydian - The fourth mode of the Major scale.
Mixolydian - The fifth mode of the Major scale.
Aeolian - The sixth mode of the Major scale.
Locrian - The seventh mode of the Major scale.