![]() ![]() Mixolydian is a major scale with a flatted 7th. The above explanation probably will really only make sense with an example: I’m aware that all the above is a lot to grasp. This approach is mostly “key signature” driven. Then you make the appropriate alteration to that parallel major scale key signature to reflect the notes in that parallel mode. Instead, you think of the particular mode you are trying to figure out in terms of ITS PARALLEL MAJOR SCALE (the major scale starting from the same note as that mode). The parallel scale approach to figuring out what the notes are in a mode is less tedious than the system of counting scale steps to the relative major scale. Parallel scales are scales that start on the same starting note: E major scale, E minor scale, E Phrygian, E Mixolydian, E Locrian, etc… Phrygian is the 3rd mode (meaning: “it starts on the 3rd note”) of a major scale.Ĭounting back 2 whole steps (a major 3rd down): leads us to C major scale.Ĭonclusion: E Phrygian has the same notes as a C major scale.Į Phrygian consists of all white keys of the piano: no sharps or flats. This approach is mostly “scale degree” driven.Į Phrygian. This tells you what the notes are that you are looking for in the mode relative to that major scale. ![]() ![]() Then you figure out the key signature to that major scale. When you use this approach, you count back a number of scale degree steps to the relative major scale. This is the system taught in music schools. An Easy System To Memorize The Key Signatures For All Modes There are 2 approaches to figuring out all modes in all 12 keys. ![]()
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