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Quick questions on Scales and Keys - TCE Music (Tasmania)

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What are modes?
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Modes are scales built by starting the white-note pattern on different degrees, and they appear often in jazz, folk and film music. The seven modes from C are Ionian (C, identical to major), Dorian (D, a minor scale with a raised sixth), Phrygian (E, minor with a flattened second), Lydian (F, major with a raised fourth), Mixolydian (G, major with a flattened seventh), Aeolian (A, identical to natural minor) and Locrian (B, rarely used). For analysis you describe a mode by comparing it to major or minor and naming the altered degree, for example "Dorian, a minor scale with a raised sixth".

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