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Major Modes	Ionian - Lydian - Mixolydian
Minor Modes	Dorian - Aeolian - Phrygian - Locrian
Other Modes	Major Pentatonic - Minor Pentatonic - Major Blues Scale - Minor Blues Scale
A-flat - A - B-flat - B - C-flat - C - C-sharp - D-flat - D - E-flat - E - F - F-sharp - G-flat - G
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Key of Db as Triads
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	Db	Eb	Fmin	Gdim	Ab	Bbmin	Cmin
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	Db	Ebmin	Fmin	Gb	Ab	Bbmin	Cdim
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	Db	Ebmin	Fdim	Gb	Abmin	Bbmin	Cb
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Dbmin	Ebmin	Fb	Gb	Abmin	Bbdim	Cb
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Dbmin	Ebdim	Fb	Gbmin	Abmin	Bbb	Cb
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Dbmin	Ebb	Fb	Gbmin	Abdim	Bbb	Cbmin
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Dbdim	Ebb	Fbmin	Gbmin	Abb	Bbb	Cbmin

Key of Db with 7ths
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	DbMAJ7	Eb7	Fmin7	Gmin7b5	AbMAJ7	Bbmin7	Cmin7
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	DbMAJ7	Ebmin7	Fmin7	GbMAJ7	Ab7	Bbmin7	Cmin7b5
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	Db7	Ebmin7	Fmin7b5	GbMAJ7	Abmin7	Bbmin7	CbMAJ7
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Dbmin7	Ebmin7	FbMAJ7	Gb7	Abmin7	Bbmin7b5	CbMAJ7
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Dbmin7	Ebmin7b5	FbMAJ7	Gbmin7	Abmin7	BbbMAJ7	Cb7
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Dbmin7	EbbMAJ7	Fb7	Gbmin7	Abmin7b5	BbbMAJ7	Cbmin7
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Dbmin7b5	EbbMAJ7	Fbmin7	Gbmin7	AbbMAJ7	Bbb7	Cbmin7

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

Db 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-|

Db 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-|

Db 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-|

Db 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-|

Db 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-|

Db 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-|

Db 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-|---|

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