Modes

Question 1

modes

Answer 1

• a way of taking a key and sliding the scale around in the key
• seven different modes, for each not in the scale
• divided into three major modes and three minor modes (Locrian is so un-melodic that it does not sound major or minor)
• Ionian, Mixolydian, and Lydian relatively major
• Aeolian, Dorian, and Phrygian are relatively minor

Question 2

modes in the key of C

Answer 2

• Ionian (Major) 1 CDEFGAB
• Dorian 2 DEFGABCD
• Phrygian 3 EFGABCDE
• Lydian 4 FGABCDEF
• Mixolydian (Minor) 5 GABCDEFG
• Aeolian 6 ABCEDFGA
• Locrain 7 BCDEFGAB

Question 3

parallel method

Answer 3

• way to find different modes
• if you take Ionian you can find Mixolydian by lowering the seventh scale degree a half step. for Lydian you would raise the fourth scale degree in an Ionian scale by a half step
• if you take Aeolian you can find the Dorian by raising the sixth scale degree a half step. for Phrygian you lower the second scale degree of an Aeolian scale by a half step

Question 4

relative method

Answer 4

• when you name the scale you want to start in. take which mode you want to write and start on that note in the scale. then you just fill in the key

Question 5

diatonic modes do not look or sound as if in a major or minor key

Answer 5

• true

Question 6

music written in this diatonic mode doesn’t sound finished and is used the least

Answer 6

• locrian

Question 7

our diatonic major scale sounds and looks the same as this mode

Answer 7

• ionian

Question 8

which mode has no sharps or flats and begins and ends on a D

Answer 8

• D dorian