Modes
Modes
A mode is a scale started from a different note of its parent. Pick a root, then a mode, or open a table of all seven modes of one key.
Major
Ionian
1 2 3 4 5 6 7Dorian
1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7Phrygian
1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7Lydian
1 2 3 #4 5 6 7Mixolydian
1 2 3 4 5 6 b7Aeolian
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7Locrian
1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7Tables of all seven modes
Major
Harmonic minor
Locrian natural 6
1 b2 b3 4 b5 6 b7Ionian #5
1 2 3 4 #5 6 7Dorian #4
1 2 b3 #4 5 6 b7Phrygian dominant
1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7Lydian #2
1 #2 3 #4 5 6 7Super Locrian bb7
1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 bb7Tables of all seven modes
Harmonic minor
Melodic minor
Dorian b2
1 b2 b3 4 5 6 b7Lydian augmented
1 2 3 #4 #5 6 7Lydian dominant
1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7Mixolydian b6
1 2 3 4 5 b6 b7Locrian natural 2
1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7Altered
1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7Tables of all seven modes
Melodic minor