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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
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 D as Triads
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	D	E	F#min	G#dim	A	Bmin	C#min
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	D	Emin	F#min	G	A	Bmin	C#dim
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	D	Emin	F#dim	G	Amin	Bmin	C
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Dmin	Emin	F	G	Amin	Bdim	C
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Dmin	Edim	F	Gmin	Amin	Bb	C
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Dmin	Eb	F	Gmin	Adim	Bb	Cmin
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Ddim	Eb	Fmin	Gmin	Ab	Bb	Cmin

Key of D with 7ths
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	DMAJ7	E7	F#min7	G#min7b5	AMAJ7	Bmin7	C#min7
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	DMAJ7	Emin7	F#min7	GMAJ7	A7	Bmin7	C#min7b5
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	D7	Emin7	F#min7b5	GMAJ7	Amin7	Bmin7	CMAJ7
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Dmin7	Emin7	FMAJ7	G7	Amin7	Bmin7b5	CMAJ7
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Dmin7	Emin7b5	FMAJ7	Gmin7	Amin7	BbMAJ7	C7
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Dmin7	EbMAJ7	F7	Gmin7	Amin7b5	BbMAJ7	Cmin7
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Dmin7b5	EbMAJ7	Fmin7	Gmin7	AbMAJ7	Bb7	Cmin7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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