Modes

Question 1

Ionian

Answer 1

Just a regular major scale

Question 2

Dorian

Answer 2

Has b3 and b7. Kind of like a mixolydian in minor.

Or a natural minor scale with a raised 6th

It’s halfway between a natural minor and a melodic minor, so you could also think of it as a melodic minor with a lowered 7th:

Natural minor (b6 b7)
Dorian (6 b7)
Melodic minor (6 7)

Question 3

Phrygian

Answer 3

A natural minor scale with a lowered 2nd (aka the Spanish gypsy scale)

Question 4

Lydian

Answer 4

A regular major scale with a raised 4th

Question 5

Mixolydian

Answer 5

A regular major scale with a lowered 7th

Question 6

Aeolian

Answer 6

Just a regular natural minor scale

Question 7

Locrian

Answer 7

A natural minor scale with a flattened 2nd and a flattened 5th

Question 8

What are the three major modes?

Answer 8

Ionian
Lydian
Mixolydian

Question 9

What are the four minor modes?

Answer 9

Dorian
Phrygian
Aeolian
Locrian

Question 10

What kind of minor scale do modes use?

Answer 10

Natural minor

Question 11

Name the modes in order

Answer 11

Major (Ionian)
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Minor (Aeolian)
Locrian

Question 12

There are two pairs of modes where one has a major third and the other has a minor third. What are those two pairs?

Answer 12

Ionian and Aeolian
Mixolydian and Dorian

Question 13

What’s the only difference between Phrygian and Locrian?

Answer 13

Locrian has a flat fifth.