Modes Level 1 Flashcards
What is the Ionian mode?
Major/reference: 1 - 9 - 3 - 11 - 5 - 13 - 7
w w h w w w h
What is the Dorian mode?
1 - 9 - b3 - 11 - 5 - 13 - b7 (w h w w w h w). A.K.A. the mode built off of the 2nd degree of a major scale or the 4th degree of a natural minor scale.
What is the Phrygian mode?
1 - b9 - b3 - 4 - 5 - b13 - b7 (h w w w h w w). A.K.A. the mode built off of the 3rd degree of a major scale or the 5th degree of a natural minor scale.
what is the Lydian mode?
1 - 9 - 3 - #11 - 5 - 13 - 7 (w w w h w w h). A.K.A. the mode built off of the 4th degree of a major scale or the 6th degree of a natural minor scale.
what is the Mixolydian mode?
1 - 9 - 3 - 11 - 5 - 13 - b7 (w w h w w h w). A.K.A. the mode built off of the 5th degree of a major scale or the 7th degree of the natural minor scale.
what is the Aeolian mode?
1 - 9 - b3 - 11 - 5 - b13 - b7 (w h w w h w w) A.K.A. the mode built off of the 6th degree of a major scale or the tonic of a natural minor scale.
what is the Locrian mode?
1 - b2 - b3 - 4 - b5 - b6 - b7 (h w w h w w w) A.K.A. the mode built off of the 7th degree of a major scale or the 2nd degree of a natural minor scale.
what is the Harmonic Minor mode?
1 - 9 - b3 - 11 - 5 - b13 - 7 ( w h w w h aug2 h). A.K.A. Aeolian mode with a raised 7th degree.
what is the Locrian (#6) mode?
1 - b9- b3 - 11 - b5 - 13 - b7 (h w w h aug2 h w). A.K.A the mode built off of the 2nd degree of the harmonic minor scale.
what is the Ionian (#5) mode?
1 - 9 - 3 - 11 - #5 - 13 - 7 (w w h aug2 h w h). A.K.A. the mode built off of the 3rd degree of the harmonic minor scale.
what is the Dorian (#4) mode?
1 - 9 - b3 - #11 - 5 - 13 - b7 (w h aug2 h w h w). A.K.A. the mode built off of the 4th degree of the harmonic minor scale.
what is the Mixolydian (b9 b13) mode?
1 - b9 - 3 - 11 - 5 - b13 - b7 (h aug2 h w h w w) A.K.A. the mode built off of the 5th degree of the harmonic minor scale.
what is the Lydian (#2) scale?
1 - #9 - 3 - #11 - 5 - 13 - 7 (aug2 h w h w w h). A.K.A the mode built off of the 6th degree of the harmonic minor scale.
what is the B diminished (#6, no 8)
1 - b9 - b3 - b11 - b5 - b13 - bb7
(h w h w w h aug2). A.K.A. the scale built off of the 7th degree of the harmonic minor scale.
What is the half-whole Diminished scale?
1 - b9 #9 - 3 - #11 - 5 - 13 - b7 (h w h w h w h w). This is also known as a dominant diminished scale. It is one of the two variants on the diminished scale.
What is the whole-half Diminished scale?
1 - 9 b3 - 11 - b5 - #5 - 13 - 7 (w h w h w h w h). This can be thought of as the “diminished-diminished” scale. It is one of the two variants on the diminished scale.
What is the Altered scale?
1 - b9 - #9 - 3 - b5 - #5 - 7 (h w h w w w w).
The Altered scale can also can be thought of as as a major scale with the root raised by a whole step. So the way to find an altered scale in any key is to locate the Major key signature that is one half step below the root of the Altered scale that you are trying to find, and bring the root of that scale up one half step. (example: the E altered scale has the key signature of Eb, minus the Eb since the root is brought up by one half step (E, F G Ab Bb C D).
The Altered scale is A.K.A the mode that is built off of the 7th degree of the Melodic minor scale.
What is the Melodic Minor scale?
1 - 9 - b3 - 11 - 5 - 13 - 7 (w h w w w w h) if the scale is ascending, then
b7 - b13 - 5 - 11 -b3 - 9 - 1 (w w h w w h w) if it is descending. In the context of Jazz, however, only the ascending is form is used.
