m/maj-9/-11

This scale is a hybrid of your basic off the shelf major scale. Just flat the second (ninth), third, and fourth (eleventh) note, and you're in business. As is the case with all scales, this scale has six other relative MODES, depending on which note of the scale you base the chord on. Here are all of the modes along with my own cryptic naming conventions:

12-34--5-6-71 m/maj-9/-11
1-23--4-5-671 m/maj+5/+11/+13
12--3-4-567-1 augdom-9/+11
1--2-3-456-71 saug+9/+11/-13
1-2-345-67--1 domdim-5
1-234-56--7-1 m-5/-11/-13
123-45--6-7-1 mmdim5/-11

Here's a general purpose guitar chart for the scale:

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