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What are the modes of the natural minor scale?

Here’s a list of the 7 modes of the melodic minor scale:

• Melodic minor scale (aka jazz minor scale)
• Dorian b2 (aka Phrygian #6)
• Lydian augmented.
• Lydian dominant (aka overtone scale)
• Mixolydian b6.
• Aeolian b5 (aka Locrian #2)
• Altered scale (aka super Locrian)

What are the modes of a minor?

The four minor modes are the Dorian, Phrygian, Aeolian, and the Locrian mode.

Are scale positions and modes the same?

Modes are scales derived from a parent scale. All 7 modes have the same notes as the parent scale, but start on a different note, which defines the tonal center.

Which scales have modes?

The major scale contains seven modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. Modes are a way to reorganize the pitches of a scale so that the focal point of the scale changes.

Is natural minor a mode?

The Aeolian mode is a musical mode or, in modern usage, a diatonic scale also called the natural minor scale.

Does minor scale have modes?

Listen to how its character changes as it is “adjusted” to become first a Mixolydian, then a Lydian melody. There are four minor modes (those with minor 3rds), and we have already seen one of them, Aeolian. The following contrasts the Aeolian scale with the other three minor modes: Dorian, Phrygian, and Locrian.

Are modes major or minor?

You’ll have noticed that each mode can be described as major or minor, depending on the presence of a major third or a minor third interval. The Ionian, Lydian, and Mixolydian are the major modes, while the Dorian, Phrygian, Aeolian, and Locrian modes are minor.

Do minor scales have modes?

There are four minor modes (those with minor 3rds), and we have already seen one of them, Aeolian. The following contrasts the Aeolian scale with the other three minor modes: Dorian, Phrygian, and Locrian.

What is natural minor?

In music theory, a natural minor scale is a seven-note musical scale characterized by a minor third scale degree (also known as a flat third), a minor sixth scale degree (or flat sixth), and a minor seventh scale degree (or flat seventh).

What’s a natural minor?