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For those of you who have been required to play modes as part of your scales, what did that mean? Did it mean just playing the real modes, i.e., Ionian starts only on C, Dorian starts only on D, etc? Or did you have to apply the pattern of all the modes to every key?

I ask this because I've noticed on several studio websites that there is a requirement to play "all modes," and I wondered what this meant to various people.

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Play them in all keys is what they mean

What I did when I had to be tested on modes was work them up as individual scales; not "C major, but starting on F" or anything like that. If they asked for F lydian, I would just play F lydian. My exception to this would probably be the Locrian mode, but thinking "F with the Gb major key signature" doesn't take too long for me.

Your confusion stems from a misunderstanding. Ionian does not ONLY start on C, nor does any other mode ONLY start on one particular note. All of the modes are scale patterns that can start on any note.

Therefore, being able to play "all modes" has to mean in any key or starting on any note.

Try a practice routine like this, playing all the modes starting on one note. I use a variety of patterns like this daily.

the elephant wrote:Wow! Them's some big-assed images! Klaus should love them! Save them to your desktop and print them. Have fun. Scales rock! (Or so I keep telling myself...)

If only I could see them. All I see is the "broken image" icon.

sloan wrote:

the elephant wrote:Wow! Them's some big-assed images! Klaus should love them! Save them to your desktop and print them. Have fun. Scales rock! (Or so I keep telling myself...)

If only I could see them. All I see is the "broken image" icon.

But...I *can* save them. Nevermind.

Many thanks, Mr. Rackley.

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says most about my project. Modes available in specific editions for bass clef instruments in CC, F, Bb, BBb, and Eb plus for treble clef instruments are:

Major I
Lydian IV
Locrian vii
Phrygian iii
Minor in pure, melodic, and harmonic variants vi
Dorian ii
Mixolydian V

plus two synthetic scales

Dominant 8-note scale
Lydian dominant, which by analysts is considered a mode of the Melodic Minor scale

Klaus

Thanks Elephant!