SCALE/MODE SYLLABUS - compiled by Steve Carter & Jim Frejek

MAJOR:COMPARED TO PARALLEL MAJOR:
1IONIAN1234567
2DORIAN  b3   b7
3PHRYGIAN b2b3  b6b7
4LYDIAN   #4   
5MIXOLYDIAN      b7
6AEOLIAN  b3  b6b7
7LOCRIAN b2b3 b5b6b7
MELODIC MINOR:COMPARED TO PARALLEL MAJOR:
1MELODIC MINOR12b34567
2DORIAN b9; DORIAN b2; PHRYGIAN NATURAL 6 b2b3   b7
3LYDIAN AUGMENTED   #4#5  
4LYDIAN b7   #4  b7
5MIXOLYDIAN b13; MIXOLYDIAN b6     b6b7
6LOCRIAN NATURAL 2; AEOLIAN b5  b3 b5b6b7
7ALTERED DOMINANT; SUPER-LOCRIAN; DIM WHOLETONE b2b3b4b5b6b7
HARMONIC MINOR:COMPARED TO PARALLEL MAJOR:
1HARMONIC MINOR12b345b67
2DORIAN b9 b5; DORIAN b2 b5 b2b3 b5 b7
3IONIAN AUGMENTED; IONIAN #5    #5  
4DORIAN #4(#11); LYDIAN b3 b7(b7 #9)  b3#4  b7
5MIXOLYDIAN b9 b13(b2 b6);PHRYGIAN NATURAL 3 b2   b6b7
6LYDIAN #9(#2) #2 #4   
7HARMONIC MINOR DIMINISHED b2b3b4b5b6o7
HARMONIC MAJOR:COMPARED TO PARALLEL MAJOR:
1HARMONIC MAJOR12345b67
2DORIAN b5  b3 b5 b7
5MIXOLYDIAN b9(b2) b2    b7
7HARMONIC MAJOR DIMINISHED b2b3 b5b6b7
SYMMETRIC DIMINISHED:COMPARED TO PARALLEL MAJOR:
 WHOLE STEP/HALF STEP1b2b34b5 #567
 HALF STEP/WHOLE STEP; MIXOLYDIAN ALT9 #111b2 #23#456b7
WHOLE-TONE (WHOLE-STEP):COMPARED TO PARALLEL MAJOR:
 WHOLE STEP/HALF STEP1) C D E Gb Ab Bb2) Db Eb F G A B
PENTATONIC:COMPARED TO PARALLEL MAJOR:
1MAJOR PENTATONIC123 56 
  (COUNTRY PENTATONIC)12 b3 3 56 
6MINOR PENTATONIC; LA PENTATONIC1 b345 b7
  (BLUES SCALE)1 b34b5 5 b7
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