Get Scale

Tool name: get-scale

Returns notes, intervals, fitting chord types, and (for diatonic modes) the parent scale.

Annotations

Hint	Value
readOnlyHint	✓
idempotentHint	✓
destructiveHint	—
openWorldHint	—

Input

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "tonic": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Scale tonic pitch class (e.g. \"C\", \"F#\", \"Bb\")."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Scale type (e.g. \"major\", \"minor\", \"dorian\", \"lydian\", \"harmonic minor\")."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "tonic",
    "type"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output

Returned as structuredContent. The text rendering is a short human-readable summary.

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "notes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Notes of the scale, in order."
    },
    "intervals": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Intervals from tonic for each scale degree."
    },
    "chords": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Chord types that fit the scale (without tonic)."
    },
    "modeOf": {
      "description": "If the scale is a diatonic mode, the parent major scale (e.g. \"C major\").",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "notes",
    "intervals",
    "chords"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}