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1. What are the notes in the Ionian scale?
2. Is Ionian a major scale?
3. What is the Ionian mode?
4. Why is it called an Ionian scale?

What are the notes in the Ionian scale?

The Ionian mode is the first of seven modes of the major scale. In fact, it's exactly the same as the major scale and is just another name for that scale. It use the formula of semitones and tones: T – T – S – T – T – T – S. Which in half and whole steps is: W – W – H – W – W – W – H.

Is Ionian a major scale?

Ionian mode is a musical mode or, in modern usage, a diatonic scale also called the major scale.

What is the Ionian mode?

On the guitar, Ionian mode is the first mode of the major scale. It's the sound that's created when the 1st scale degree is functioning as the tonic. It's better known as the plain major scale. ... Any time a piece of music uses the major scale and centers on the 1st degree or chord I, it's Ionian mode.

Why is it called an Ionian scale?

Ionian mode, in Western music, the melodic mode with a pitch series corresponding to that of the major scale. The Ionian mode was named and described by the Swiss humanist Henricus Glareanus in his music treatise Dodecachordon (1547).