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Now that you know where the ionian mode comes from and how to find it, we can go on and
learn about the rest of the modes in modal theory. There are seven of them all together,
one mode for each of the seven notes in ionian. Their names must be memorized in the
proper order.
The seven modes are:
1. Ionian 2. Dorian 3. Phrygian 4. Lydian 5. Mixolydian 6. Aeolian 7. Locrian All seven
modes are actually right inside of Ionian because after all, they are only different modes of
that one scale. We will learn about the six other music theory modes together by comparing
them to Ionian.
sound like the major scale because it isn't. It is now "Re Dorian". Remember, music notes
just go around and around repeating themselves every octave. What makes different scales
sound different is their intervals, the space between the notes.
So if we start and stop playing at a different place, the intervals between the notes are now
different, and thus we have a different scale. This will become clearer and be more
thoroughly explained in coming lessons.
So the 7 modes of this scale would be:
"Do" Ionian
"Re" Dorian
"Mi" Phrygian
"Fa" Lydian
"So" Mixolydian
"La" Aeolian
"Ti" Locrian