Modes Construction

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Modes construction.

guitarelements feature 26 type of Modes.

Let's exam and study the Basic Modes which are all Natural Tones "Unaltered" as C D E F G A B

These seven Basic Modes are created from the C major scale - Also known as the Mother of all scale.

Basic Modes are displayed in below table:

 

 Seven Basic Modes The only key has all natural tones
All eleven reamin key will need accidentals
to satify with the Mode type Formulas		 Mode Formulas
 Ionian - Mode I key of C
This is a special scale
The Mother of all scales		  Half steps 3rd & 4th and 7th & 8th
C D E F G A B C
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 Dorian - Mode II  key of D  Half steps 2nd & 3rd and 5th & 6th
D E F G A B C D
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 Phrygian - Mode III key of E  Half steps 1st & 2nd and 5th & 6th
E F G A B C D E
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 Lydian - Mode IV key of F  Half steps 4th & 5th and 7th & 8th
F G A B C D E F
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 Mixolydian - Mode V  key of G  Half steps 3rd & 4th and 6th & 7th
G A B C D E F G
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 Aeolian - Mode VI key of A
This is a special scale
also known as Natural - Pure Minor		  Half steps 3rd & 4th and 7th & 8th
A B C D E F G A
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 Locrian - Mode II  key of B  Half steps 1st & 2nd and 4th & 5th
B C D E F G A B
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Beside the above seven mode types, there are also Foreign & Exotic Mode types.

  1. guitarelements feature the 12 keys Tone System for every type of Modes.
  2. Each scale, mode, arpegios type will be covering in details with the "Five Patterns or Positions or Shapes".
  3. Each lessons include the Cage System ( which connect the 5 patterns covering the entire fretboard).
  4. Player can switch display to show " Fingering - Nottations - Degrees - Intervals" by a click of the mouse.
    Awesome and so cool feature allow you to study indepth and master the Guitar Playing Knowledge.
  5. All Lessons feature in Flash which video format unable to perform such as:
    • Player be able to set tempo in Real-Time " as slow or as fast as desire without - Reload & Restart lesson " to change to slower or faster speed.
    • All Lessons displayed with standard Music Staffs - Include TABS for those perfer to read tabs.
    • We recommend players learn to read Basic Music Notations VERSE TABS - or better yet Learn Both.

Other Modes.

You are going to work with the remaining Mode types beside the Seven Major modes which created from the C major scale. Below are there names.

  • Ionian Harmonic
  • Locrian Nat. 6
  • Major Sharp 5
  • Dorian sharp 4
  • Phrygian Major
  • Lydian sharp 2
  • SuperLocrian Double Flat 7
  • Jazz Minor
  • Dorian b2 Minor
  • Lydian Augmented Minor
  • Lydian Flat 7 Minor
  • Mixolydian Flat 6 Minor
  • Locrian Sharp 2 Minor
  • SuperLocrian Minor
  • Pentatonic Major
  • Pentatonic Mode 2
  • Pentatonic Mode 3
  • Pentatonic Mode 4
  • Pentatonic Dominant
  • Pentatonic Minor
  • Altered Pentatonic
  • Blues Mode

Take your time and study these not very popular modes.
Once in a while come back to review them in details as they are not often in used an easy to forget about them, their formulas.