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- What are the 7 diatonic modes?
- What music uses modes?
- How do you remember the 7 modes?
- What is a mode in music theory?
What are the 7 diatonic modes?
The diatonic scale has seven modes:
- Major scale. Also known as the Ionian mode, the major scale consists of the seven distinct notes in a scale (C D E F G A B) and an eighth note that reproduces the first one in a higher octave. ...
- Dorian mode. ...
- Phrygian mode. ...
- Lydian mode. ...
- Mixolydian mode. ...
- Aeolian mode. ...
- Locrian mode.
What music uses modes?
Mixolydian and Dorian Modes are often used in blues and gospel music. The Aeolian (minor) Mode is defined as melancholy and sad while Phrygian and Locrian Modes are the go-to Modes for scary, dramatic, and otherworldly sounds.
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
- Lydian (#4)
- Ionian.
- Mixolydian (b7)
- Dorian (b3, b7)
- Aeolian (b3, b6, b7)
- Phrygian (b2, b3, b6, b7)
- Locrian (b2, b3, b5, b6 , b7)
What is a mode in music theory?
mode, in music, any of several ways of ordering the notes of a scale according to the intervals they form with the tonic, thus providing a theoretical framework for the melody. A mode is the vocabulary of a melody; it specifies which notes can be used and indicates which have special importance.
