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Harmony Infobox
Key Signatures
Major Modes	Ionian - Lydian - Mixolydian
Minor Modes	Dorian - Aeolian - Phrygian - Locrian
Other Modes	Major Pentatonic - Minor Pentatonic - Major Blues Scale - Minor Blues Scale
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Key of B as Triads
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	B	C#	D#min	E#dim	F#	G#min	A#min
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	B	C#min	D#min	E	F#	G#min	A#dim
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	B	C#min	D#dim	E	F#min	G#min	A
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Bmin	C#min	D	E	F#min	G#dim	A
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Bm	C#dim	D	Emin	F#min	G	A
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Bmin	C	D	Emin	F#dim	G	Amin
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Bdim	C	Dmin	Emin	F	G	Amin

Key of B with 7ths
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	BMAJ7	C#7	D#min7	E#min7b5	F#MAJ7	G#min7	A#min7
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	BMAJ7	C#min7	D#min7	EMAJ7	F#7	G#min7	A#min7b5
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	B7	C#min7	D#min7b5	EMAJ7	F#min7	G#min7	AMAJ7
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Bmin7	C#min7	DMAJ7	E7	F#min7	G#min7b5	AMAJ7
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Bmin7	C#min7b5	DMAJ7	Emin7	F#min7	GMAJ7	A7
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Bmin7	CMAJ7	D7	Emin7	F#min7b5	GMAJ7	Amin7
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Bmin7b5	CMAJ7	Dmin7	Emin7	FMAJ7	G7	Amin7

Notes

The Ionian mode is more commonly called "the major scale" (and is the most commonly used major scale)
The Aeolian mode is commonly called "the natural minor scale" (and is the most commonly used minor scale)
Lydian, Ionian, & Mixolydian are considered major modes because their "I chord" is major.
Dorian, Aeolian, & Phrygian are considered minor modes because their "I chord" is minor.
The Locrian mode is so dissonant that it is usually unusable.

Credit: Shane Adams

B Ionian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
4|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-||-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|
1|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-||-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|
 |-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|
 |-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
 |-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-||---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|
4|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-||-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|

B Dorian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
4|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---||-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|
1|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---||-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|
 |-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-||-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|
4|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---||-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|

B Phrygian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
4|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---||-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|
1|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---||-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---||-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|
4|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---||-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|

B Lydian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
 |-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-||---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|
1|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-||-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|
 |-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|
 |-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|
 |-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-||---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|
 |-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-||---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|

B Mixolydian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
4|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-||-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|
1|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---||-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|
 |-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|
 |-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-||-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|
4|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-||-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|

B Aeolian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
4|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---||-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|
1|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---||-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---||-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|
4|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---||-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|

B Locrian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
4|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---||-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|
1|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---||-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|
7|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---||-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|
4|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---||-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|

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