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    Phrygian Locrian 2 1: "The Sooner The Half Steps Come, The More Minor It Sounds."

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    The seven diatonic modes

    from darkest to brightest


    using the same tonic

    (C D E F G A B C ) (Tonic choice of C is an example only)

    Darkest / Saddest 1 Locrian Extremely sad (lacks true 5th) “lowered 2nd & 5th”

    Minor
    2 Phrygian Sadder “lowered 2nd”

    3 Aeolian Natural minor

    4 Dorian Brighter or neutral sounding “raised 6th”

    5 Mixolydian “Dominant” major (starts on Ionian’s 5th) “lowered 7th”

    Major
    6 Ionian Major
    Brightest / Happiest 7 Lydian Very bright (but lacks true 4th) “raised 4th”

    {
    {

    {
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    1st = 8th degree
    “The sooner the half steps come,
    7th degree: “wants” to be half step below tonic for major / brighter sound
    the more minor it sounds.” 6th degree
    True 5th
    “Tritone”: dim. 4th or aug. 5th in the extreme modes (“forbidden” sounding)
    True 4th
    3rd degree: minor/major 3rd above tonic determines whether mode is called “major” or “minor”
    2nd degree: “wants” to be whole step above tonic; anywhere else sounds very sad
    1st degree: “tonic”

    Variations on the Aeolian minor


    (C D E F G A B C)

    Darkest / Saddest 1 Locrian


    2 Phrygian
    3 Aeolian Natural Minor

    Minor
    Harmonic (^7 like major, but has very odd 1-1/2-step gap)

    3 Aeolian Natural Minor

    Melodic Ascending (^6+^7 like major but odd 5 whole steps)

    Melodic Descending (back to natural; sounds surprisingly OK)

    4 Dorian
    5 Mixolydian

    Major
    6 Ionian Major
    Brightest / Happiest 7 Lydian
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    1 2 3 4 — 5 6 7 1

    The seven diatonic modes


    using only white keys on the piano
    A B C D E F G A B C D E F G

    Aeolian A Natural minor

    Locrian B Very sad (low 5th; difficult harmony)

    Ionian C Major

    Dorian D Dorian minor

    Phrygian E Sadder minor


    Lydian F Brighter major (raised 4th; difficult)

    Mixolydian G Duller major (starts on Ionian’s 5th)

    © 2002 Chris Thorman

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