Scale & Chord Explorer

See and hear any scale or chord, in any key, on the fretboard.

Key
Labels

G Saba

Middle Eastern & Turkish Makams / Maqams

The flattened 4th (♭4) of the Saba tetrachord gives it a deep melancholy. The 2nd is a koma/quarter tone flat.

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