Music mode identifier

1. How do you know what mode a song is in?
2. How do you remember the 7 modes?
3. What are modes in music theory?

How do you know what mode a song is in?

Finding What Musical Mode a Piece Is in

1. Find out what the tonic major key is by looking at the key signature.
2. Find out what the lowest starting note is in the first downbeat in the left hand, ignoring any upbeat/anarcrusis.
3. How many notes up is this from the original major key?

How do you remember the 7 modes?

Another good way to remember the modes is in terms of their darkness, or how many lowered scale degrees the modes have.
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Ways to Remember the Modes

1. Lydian (#4)
2. Ionian.
3. Mixolydian (b7)
4. Dorian (b3, b7)
5. Aeolian (b3, b6, b7)
6. Phrygian (b2, b3, b6, b7)
7. Locrian (b2, b3, b5, b6 , b7)

What are modes in music theory?

The major scale contains seven modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. Modes are a way to reorganize the pitches of a scale so that the focal point of the scale changes. In a single key, every mode contains the exact same pitches.