C-sharp
Key of C# as Triads
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Mode | Color | Alterations | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII
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Lydian | bright | raised 4 | C# | D# | E#min | F##dim | G# | A#min | B#min
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Ionian | neutral | no alterations | C# | D#min | E#min | F# | G# | A#min | B#dim
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Mixolydian | less bright | lowered 7 | C# | D#min | E#dim | F# | G#min | A#min | B
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Dorian | dark | lowered 3, 7 | C#min | D#min | E | F# | G#min | A#dim | B
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Aeolian | darker | lowered 3, 6, 7 | C#min | D#dim | E | F#min | G#min | A | B
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Phrygian | darkest | lowered 2, 3, 6, 7 | C#min | D | E | F#min | G#dim | A | Bmin
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Locrian | unusable | lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 | C#dim | D | Emin | F#min | G | A | Bmin
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Key of C# with 7ths
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Mode | Color | Alterations | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII
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Lydian | bright | raised 4 | C#MAJ7 | D#7 | E#min7 | F##min7b5 | G#MAJ7 | A#min7 | B#min7
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Ionian | neutral | no alterations | C#MAJ7 | D#min7 | E#min7 | F#MAJ7 | G#7 | A#min7 | B#min7b5
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Mixolydian | less bright | lowered 7 | C#7 | D#min7 | E#min7b5 | F#MAJ7 | G#min7 | A#min7 | BMAJ7
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Dorian | dark | lowered 3, 7 | C#min7 | D#min7 | EMAJ7 | F#7 | G#min7 | A#min7b5 | BMAJ7
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Aeolian | darker | lowered 3, 6, 7 | C#min7 | D#min7b5 | EMAJ7 | F#min7 | G#min7 | AMAJ7 | B7
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Phrygian | darkest | lowered 2, 3, 6, 7 | C#min7 | DMAJ7 | E7 | F#min7 | G#min7b5 | AMAJ7 | Bmin7
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Locrian | unusable | lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 | C#min7b5 | DMAJ7 | Emin7 | F#min7 | GMAJ7 | A7 | Bmin7
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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
C# Ionian
* * * * * * *
|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-||---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|
|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-||---|-5-|---|-6-|---|
|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-||---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|
|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|
|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
C# Dorian
* * * * * * *
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-||-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|
|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-||---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|
|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-||---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|
|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
C# Phrygian
* * * * * * *
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---||-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|
|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-||---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|
2|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-||-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|
|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
C# Lydian
* * * * * * *
|-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-|---|
|-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-|
C# Mixolydian
* * * * * * *
|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-||-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|
|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-||---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|
|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-||---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|
|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|
|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
C# Aeolian
* * * * * * *
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
7|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---||-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|
|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-||---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|
|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-||---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|
|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
C# Locrian
* * * * * * *
3|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|
7|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---||-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|
5|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-||-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|
2|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-||-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|
|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|