![]() The same scale starting and ending on a different note, sounds different. While this may not feel intuitive or logical at first, thinking in terms of ‘modes’ rather than ‘keys’ will prove useful later on. They allow us to allocate an individual scale to every single chord in a progression. ![]() Modes are just a different way of thinking about Scales and Keys. Secondly and nevertheless, below are some suggested fingerings for every all the modes in each of the 12 Major scales. ![]() Thelonious Monk had ‘dreadful’ (read unconventional) technique but was still a great pianist. So, firstly and obviously, you should just use whatever fingering is most comfortable for you. Modes can be created from any pre-existing scale, including melodic minor, harmonic minor, pentatonic, or any other. The only difference is the note you start and end on (i.e. Thus, a mode of the Major Scale is just the Major Scale but starting and ending on a different note within that scale.īelow are all the modes created from the C Major Scale: ChordĪs you can see, the notes that comprise all these modes are exactly the same. ![]() So, a mode is a scale created by establishing a new root note within a pre-existing scale. The tonal centre is the note that feels completely resolved and at rest. If you keep all the notes of the scale the same but you change the tonal centre, you create a new scale or ‘mode’.
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