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There are 7 different notes in a major scale. Therefore you could arrange those 7 notes in 7 different ways. So in addition to Major (Ionian) and Natural Minor (Aeolian), there are 5 other modes. Here are all of the relative modes derived from a C major scale. Relative means that all of these modes contain the same notes. Those notes are just in a different order, and will be used in different ways in a modal context. The numbers underneath the note names are the degrees of the scale in relationship to the notes in a C major scale (the parent scale of all of these modes ). Relative Modes of C Major C
D E F G A B C - C Ionian
Mode (Major)
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 1
D
E F G A B C D -
D Dorian Mode
2
3 4 5 6 7 1 2
E
F G A B C D E - E Phrygian
Mode
3
4 5 6 7 1 2 3
F
G A B C D E F -
F Lydian Mode
4
5 6 7 1 2 3 4
G
A B C D E F G - G Mixolydian
Mode
5
6 7 1 2 3 4 5
A
B C D E F G A - A Aeolian
Mode (Minor)
6
7 1 2 3 4 5 6
B
C D E F G A B - B Locrian
Mode
7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
So one of the first things that you want to do is learn what degree of the major scale each mode is built from. Dorian is built from the 2nd degree, Phrygian is built from the 3rd degree, etc.
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