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Modes

Modes of the Major Scale

All seven modes — the sound, formula, fretboard shape, and musical context for each.

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Lessons

1

Ionian (Major)

The home mode — bright and resolved.

2

Dorian

Minor with a natural 6 — jazzy and funky.

3

Phrygian

Minor with a b2 — dark and Spanish.

4

Lydian

Major with #4 — dreamy and bright.

5

Mixolydian

Major with b7 — dominant and bluesy.

6

Aeolian (Natural Minor)

The standard minor sound.

7

Locrian

Half-diminished — unstable and theoretical.

8

Put It All Together

Drone cycles root and mode randomly - adapt in real time.