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

Key of G with 7ths
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	GMAJ7	A7	Bmin7	C#min7b5	DMAJ7	Emin7	F#min7
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	GMAJ7	Amin7	Bmin7	CMAJ7	D7	Emin7	F#min7b5
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	G7	Amin7	Bmin7b5	CMAJ7	Dmin7	Emin7	FMAJ7
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Gmin7	Amin7	BbMAJ7	C7	Dmin7	Emin7b5	FMAJ7
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Gmin7	Amin7b5	BbMAJ7	Cmin7	Dmin7	EbMAJ7	F7
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Gmin7	AbMAJ7	Bb7	Cmin7	Dmin7b5	EbMAJ7	Fmin7
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Gmin7b5	AbMAJ7	Bbmin7	Cmin7	DbMAJ7	Eb7	Fmin7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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