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CDE Abcdefgab FG: 7th Mode 6th Mode 5th Mode

The document discusses musical modes and how they are derived from major scales. It defines the seven modal names and provides examples of chord patterns for each mode derived from the G major scale.

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CDE Abcdefgab FG: 7th Mode 6th Mode 5th Mode

The document discusses musical modes and how they are derived from major scales. It defines the seven modal names and provides examples of chord patterns for each mode derived from the G major scale.

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Eachmodemay be viewedas a scalein its own right.
Beloware the modesderivedfromthe G majorparent
scale,shownin full,two-octave
shapes.
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. Lookfor a G majorbarrechordwithinthe G .,.
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"parent" lonianpattern,an A minorchordwithinthe A


Modesare createdwhen the root note of a
scale is displaced.For example,let's take C major. Dorianpattern,a B minorchordwithinthe B
Playedfrom C to C, this is simplythe C majorscale Phrygianpattern,a C majorchordwithinthe C
itself.In modalterms,this is the firsfmodeof C major. Lydianpattern,a D majorchordwithinthe D
Nextusethe samenotes,butthis time playthemfrom Mixolydian pattern,an E minorchordwithinthe
D to D-making the secondnoteof the scale(D)to be E Aeolianpatter,and an Fildiminishedchord
the root-and you havethe second mode of C major. withinthe F$Locrianpattern.
Play from E to E and you have the third mode of C
major,and so on. There are sevendifferentnotesin
the scale, so there are a total of seven different
modes. G lonian
7th mode (major)
6th mode l5 17
5th mode

C D EF G A B C D E F G A B
lst mode
2nd mode
3rd mode t5 t7

B Phryglan
Modal names
The seven differentmodes of the major scale are l5 t7
namedwith the followingGreek names.Noticehow
each modeof C majoris completelycontainedwithin
the sameoverallC majorpattern1. C Lydlan

€Yffiffiffi l5 L7

majorscaleltself.The Aeolianmodeis the


modalnamefor the naturalminorscale. D Mlxolydian
r
t
I l5 t7
Iii
r 1 C lonlan (maior)
H*
!: .-
! I ' I
E Aeolian
(nat. minor)
F
r[:
F:
It: 2 D Dorian
',i:..
F

Fil Locrian

3 E Phryglan
$.,
4 F Lydian All modes derivedfrom any parentscale (a modal
family)are said to be relatefthis meansthat they
sharethe same notes.lt is importantto realizethat it
is the placementof the roots which cause each
5 G Mixolydian pattern to be a particularmode. Delete the root
informationabove and all of the patternscan be G
major.Theyalsocould allbe A Dorian,B Phrygian,C
A Aeolian(nat. minor)
Lydian,D Mixolydian, E Aeolian,or FilLocrian.
6
On the followingpages,the modes(otherthan
lonian and Aeolian)are each coveredas scalesin
theirown right,overthe entirefretboard.
7 B Locrian

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