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

Key of C with 7ths
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	CMAJ7	D7	Emin7	F#min7b5	GMAJ7	Amin7	Bmin7
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	CMAJ7	Dmin7	Emin7	FMAJ7	G7	Amin7	Bmin7b5
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	C7	Dmin7	Emin7b5	FMAJ7	Gmin7	Amin7	BbMAJ7
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Cmin7	Dmin7	EbMAJ7	F7	Gmin7	Amin7b5	BbMAJ7
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Cmin7	Dmin7b5	EbMAJ7	Fmin7	Gmin7	AbMAJ7	Bb7
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Cmin7	DbMAJ7	Eb7	Fmin7	Gmin7b5	AbMAJ7	Bbmin7
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Cmin7b5	DbMAJ7	Ebmin7	Fmin7	GbMAJ7	Ab7	Bbmin7

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

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

C Lydian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
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 Mixolydian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
3|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---||-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|
 |-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
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
 |-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-|---|
 |-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-||---|-7-|---|-1-|---|
 |-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-||---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|

C 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-|---|
 |-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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