MAJOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

See alsto the COMPARATIVE TABLE below

GRADE | NAME | NOTES | NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C
--- | --- | --- | ---
I | IONIAN |  |
II | DORIAN |  |
III | PHRYGIAN |  |
IV | LYDIAN |  |
V | MIXOLYDIAN |  |
VI | AEOLIAN |  |
VII | LOCRIAN |  |

IONIAN |

Alternative names: Major, Diatonic, Greek Lydian, Medieval Hypolydian

It starts from the first grade of major scale

Structure: 2212221

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | major seventh |

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9

DORIAN |

Alternative names: Greek Phrygian, Medieval Hypomixolydian

It starts from the second grade of major scale

Structure: 2122212

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, Cm13, Cm6, Cm6/9

PHRYGIAN |

Alternative names: Greek Dorian, Medieval Hypoaeolian, Maqam Kurd, Major Inverse

It starts from the third grade of major scale

Structure: 1222122

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(b9), Cm11(b9), Cm11(b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Csus(b9)

LYDIAN |

Alternative names: Greek Hypolydian

It starts from the fourth grade of major scale

Structure: 2221221

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | major seventh |

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9, Cmaj7(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cmaj7(b5)

MIXOLYDIAN |

Alternative names: Greek Hypophrygian, Medieval Hypoionian

It starts from the fifth grade of major scale

Structure: 2212212

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | dominant |

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C11, C13, Csus, C7sus, C9sus, C13sus

AEOLIAN |

Alternative names: Natural Minor, Pure Minor, Ancient Minor, Greek Hyperphrygian, Medieval Hypodorian

It starts from the sixth grade of major scale

Structure: 2122122

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, Cm7(b13), Cm9(b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(#5), Cm9(#5)

LOCRIAN |

Alternative names: Half Diminished, Greek Mixolydian, Greek Hyperdorian, Medieval Hypophrygian

It starts from the seventh grade of major scale

Structure: 1221222

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
diminished | half diminished |

Chord simbols X: Cm7(b5), CØ, Cm7(b5 b9), CØ(b9)

COMPARATIVE TABLE

From the brighter mode (Lydian) to the darker one (Locrian)
In the middle there is the Dorian mode

LYDIAN | C |  | D |  | E |  | F# | G |  | A |  | B | C
IONIAN | C |  | D |  | E | F |  | G |  | A |  | B | C
MIXOLYDIAN | C |  | D |  | E | F |  | G |  | A | Bb |  | C
DORIAN | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G |  | A | Bb |  | C
AEOLIAN | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
PHRYGIAN | C | Db |  | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
LOCRIAN | C | Db |  | Eb |  | F | Gb |  | Ab |  | Bb |  | C