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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.
Playedfrom C to C, this is simplythe C majorscale
itself.In modalterms,this is the firsfmodeof C major.
Nextusethe samenotes,butthis time playthemfrom
D to D-making the secondnoteof the scale(D)to be
the root-and you havethe second mode of C major.
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.
7th mode
6th mode
5th mode
Dorianpattern,a B minorchordwithinthe B
Phrygianpattern,a C majorchordwithinthe C
Lydianpattern,a D majorchordwithinthe D
Mixolydian pattern,an E minorchordwithinthe
E Aeolianpatter,and an Fildiminishedchord
withinthe F$Locrianpattern.
G lonian
(major)
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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
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t
I l5 t7
Iii
r 1 C lonlan (maior)
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! I ' I
E Aeolian
(nat. minor)
F
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F:
It: 2 D Dorian
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F

Fil Locrian

3 E Phryglan
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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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