Table 1: Names of things and names of names and more names and some adjectives | |||||||||||||
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↓ | for all major scales | names | degrees | modes snd scales | keys, triads and arpeggios | ||||||||||||
Solfeggio | Degree | a.k.a. | Mode | a.k.a. (scale) | Tonic | Others | |||||||
C | do -- re -- mi -- fa -- sol -- la -- ti -- do |
-- di -- ri -- -- fi -- si -- li -- -- |
-- ra -- me -- -- se -- le -- te -- -- |
I | tonic | Ionian | Major | C-Maj | C6 Cmaj7 | ||||
D | II | supertonic | Dorian | Minor | D-min | Dm6 Dm7 | |||||||
E | III | mediant | Phrygian | -- | E-min | Em7 | |||||||
F | IV | subdominant | Lydian | -- | F-Maj | F6 Fmaj7 | |||||||
G | V | dominant | Mixolydian | Dominant | G-Maj | G6 G7 | |||||||
A | VI | submediant | Aeolian | N-minor | A-min | Am7 | |||||||
B | VII | subtonic | Locrian | H-diminished | B-dim | Bm7-5 | |||||||
C | Notes on the columns | ||||||||||||
↓ | Among diagrams that contain 'o' for tones that are 'played' and '|' for tones that are not, every one of the twelve major scales is represented by the pattern, o|o|oo|o|o|oo . For the C-major scale, the '|'s are the black keys, and these are the names of the white keys. | ||||||||||||
Sol-fa | The first column has singable names of the tones in any major scale -- the 'o's in the diagram above. The second and third columns have some of the names of the '|'s, first as sharps, then as flats. | ||||||||||||
Degree | This is another way to name the 'o's in order of increasing tones. For example, IV-chords, V-chords and V7-chords are important to major- and minor-key harmony. Arabic numerals will also be used. | ||||||||||||
a.k.a | These are other references to the 'o's, sometimes nouns and sometimes adjectives; 'tonic', 'subdominant' and 'dominant' are the most common ones. | ||||||||||||
Mode | These are names of scales, taken from the names of some of the Church modes (Dark ages --- Renaissance). The mode starts with the note in the first column and runs through notes in C-major; e.g. Aeolian: a|oo|o|oo|o|a. Sometimes there is a change of key, as in A-Dorian, which uses the notes of G-Major, beginning with A, in the order, a|oo|o|o|↑o|a . (Note the use of '↑' for the f-sharp.) | ||||||||||||
(scale) | N-minor is shorthand for Natural minor (a.k.a. Ethiopian) and H-diminished, for Half-diminished. The major and minor keys are usually associated with the Ionian and Aeolian modes, but Mixolydian (major), Dorian (minor) and Phrygian (minor) are worthy of note. | ||||||||||||
Tonic | The tonic key and triad are the first, third, and fifth notes of the mode. Some examples are c|-|o-|o (Major), a|-o|-|o (minor), b-|o|-o (diminished) and o|-|o-||↑ (augmented -- oops, not in any mode). | ||||||||||||
Others | These are playable chords and arpeggios. Augmented chords, two of the minor sixths, and diminished sevenths cannot be played with the tones in a major scale. (Dm6-5 is Ddim7, but '-5' is A-flat in the Dorian mode.) Much more about the names of chords will come later. |
Table 2: Common intervals (major scale) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note: Only some truly useful examples of sol-fa intervals have been included. |
Table 3: Elements of once-modified C-major scale patterns. (Unmodified: |o|o| and oo|o|oo.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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By inspection, the f↑- and b↓-elements are not 'new', and
the c↑- and e↓-elements are the same. Thus there are exactly seven once-removed (from major) scales, with one coincidence (c↑ or e↓). |
Table 4: The first modification demands a second one. | ||||
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tones | pattern | elements | mode-name | a.k.a. |
c↓ b↓ | ↓||o|oo|o|o↓o||o|oo|o|ooo | |oo|o| and ooo||o | Ionian -1-7 | Mixolydian -1 (g↓) |
f↓ e↓ | o|o↓↓||o|o|oo|ooo||o|o|oo | |o|oo| and ooo||o | Ionian -3-4 | - |
b↑ c↑ | ↑o|oo|o|o||↑oo|oo|o|o||oo | |oo|o| and o||ooo | Ionian +1+7 | - |
e↑ f↑ | o|o||↑↑o|o|oo|o||ooo|o|oo | |o|oo| and o||ooo | Ionian +3+4 | Lydian +3 (a↑) |
The two scales that are only once removed are identified in the last column. |
Table 5: Elements of twice-removed scales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Not included are c↑g↑ (= a↓), e↓a↓ (= g↑), and sharp-flat pairs --- all discussed in an appendix. |
Table 6: Some known names of once-removed scales (incomplete list) | |||
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tones | pattern | mode-name | other names |
e↓ or c↑ | c | o ↓ | o | o | o | o c d | o o | o | o | o | ↑ d |
Ionian -3 Dorian +7 | Melodic Minor (ascending), Jazz Minor, Hawaiian |
g | o | o o | o ↓ | o | g a | o | ↑ o | o o | o | a |
Mixolydian -6 Aeolian +3 | Melodic Major, Hindu, Spanish | |
f | o | o | o o | o ↓ | f g | o | o | ↑ o | o o | g | Lydian -7 Mixolydian +4 | Lydian Dominant, Overtone, Bartok |
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↓ | f | o | o | o o | o ↓ f | o | o | o | ↑ o | o f | Phrygian -1 Lydian +5 | Lydian Augmented | |
b o | o ↓ | o | o | o | b ↑ d | o o | o | o | o | ↑ | Locrian -4 Ionian +1 | Super Locrian | |
d ↓ | o | o | o | o o | d e o | o | o | o | ↑ o | e |
Dorian -2 Phrygian +6 | Javanese | |
a↓ | c | o | o o | o ↓ | | o c | Ionian -6 | Harmonic Major |
g↑ | a | o o | o | o o | | ↑ a | Aeolian +7 | Harmonic Minor, Mohammedan |
d | o o | | ↑ o | o o | d | Dorian +4 | Ukranian Minor, Mesheberakh, Romanian Minor, Lydian Minor |
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e o | | ↑ o | o o | o | e | Phrygian +3 | Spanish Gypsy, Phrygian Dominant, Freygish, Hijaz, Israeli, Jewish, Major Phrygian, (Spanish) |
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d↑ | a | o o | | ↑ o o | o | a | Aeolian +4 | Minor Gypsy |
e o | o | o | o o | | ↑ e | Phrygian +7 | Neapolitan Minor | |
d↓ | c ↓ | | o o | o | o | o c | Ionian -2 | Semi-Persian |
So far, no other names for modes of Ionian -5 (g↓) or +6 (a↑). |
Table 7: Some known names of twice-removed scales (incomplete list) | |||
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tones | pattern | mode-name | other names |
d↓e↓ or c↑d↑ |
c ↓ | ↓ | o | o | o | o c e o | o | o | o | ↑ | ↑ e |
Ionian -2-3 Phrygian +6+7 | Neapolitan |
g | o | o o ↓ | ↓ | o | g b | ↑ | ↑ o o | o | o | b |
Mixolydian -5-6 Loccrian +2+3 | Arabian, Major Locrian | |
f | o | o | o o ↓ | ↓ | f a | o | ↑ | ↑ o o | o | a |
Lydian -6-7 Aeolian +3+4 | Lydian Minor (major) | |
d↓a↓ or d↑g↑ |
c ↓ | | o o | o ↓ | | o c e o | | ↑ o | o o | | ↑ e | Ionian -2-6 Phrygian +3+7 | Double Harmonic Major, Arabic, Bysantine, Gypsy (Major) |
g ↓ | | o o ↓ | | o o | g b o | | ↑ o o | | ↑ o | b | Mixolydian -2-5 Locrian +3+6 |
Oriental | |
f | o ↓ | | o o ↓ | | o f a | o o | | ↑ o o | | ↑ a | Lydian -3-6 Aeolian +4+7 |
Hungarian Gypsy, Hungarian Minor, Double Harmonic Minor, Gypsy Minor, Algerian (1 to 8 of 11 tones) |
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g↓e↓ | f ↓ | | o | o o | o ↓ | f | Lydian -2-7 | Romanian Major |
c↑a↑ | g | | ↑ o | ↑ o | o o | g | Mixolydian +2+4 | Hungarian (Major) |
d↑a↑ | b o | | ↑ o o | o | | ↑ b | Locrian +3+7 | Persian |
There are bound to be lots of others. |
Table 8: Four familar scales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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E B G D A E |
- 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Ionian (major) |
ti - - - re la mi - - - |
| | | | | |
do sol - - - - - - fa do |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - mi ti - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - la fa do sol re |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
E B G D A E |
- - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - |
Aeolian (minor) |
- - - - - - ti - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
la mi do sol re la |
| | | | | |
- - - fa - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - re la mi ti |
| | | | | |
- - - sol - - - - - - fa do |
|
E B G D A E |
- 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - |
Ionian -3 or Aeolian +6+7 (minor) |
si - - - ti fi - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
la mi do - - - re la |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - si - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - fi re la mi ti |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - do |
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E B G D A E |
- 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 3 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - |
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - |
Aeolian +7 (minor) |
si - - - ti - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
la mi do - - - re la |
| | | | | |
- - - fa - - - si - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - re la mi ti |
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- - - - - - - - - - - - fa do |
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Table 9: Six less familar scales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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E B G D A E |
- 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - |
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- 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - |
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- - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - |
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - |
Ionian -6 (major) |
ti - - - re - - - mi - - - |
| | | | | |
do sol - - - - - - fa do |
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- - - le mi ti - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - fa do sol re |
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- - - - - - - - - - - - le - - - |
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E B G D A E |
- - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 1 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - |
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- - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - |
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- - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - |
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- - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - |
Aeolain +3 or Ionian -6-7 (major) |
- - - - - - re - - - mi - - - |
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do sol - - - te fa do |
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- - - le mi - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - fa do sol re |
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- - - te - - - - - - le - - - |
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E B G D A E |
- 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 3 - |
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- - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - - - |
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- - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - |
Ionian -2-6 (major) |
ti - - - - - - - - - mi - - - |
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do sol - - - - - - fa do |
| | | | | |
- - - le mi ti - - - ra |
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- - - - - - fa do sol - - - |
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- - - - - - - - - ra le - - - |
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E B G D A E |
- 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - |
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- - - - 3 - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - |
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- - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - |
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - |
Aeolian +4+7 (minor) |
si ri ti - - - - - - - - - |
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la mi do - - - - - - la |
| | | | | |
- - - fa - - - si ri - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - la mi ti |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - - - - fa do |
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E B G D A E |
- 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 3 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - - - |
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- - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - |
Phrygian +7 or Aeolian -2+7 (minor) |
si - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
la mi do - - - re la |
| | | | | |
- - - fa - - - si - - - te |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - re la mi - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - te fa do |
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E B G D A E |
- 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
- 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 2 - |
| | | | | |
- - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - - - |
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- - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4 - |
Phrygian +6+7 or Aeolian -2+6+7 (minor) |
si - - - - - - fi - - - - - - |
| | | | | |
la mi do - - - re la |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - si - - - te |
| | | | | |
- - - fi re la mi - - - |
| | | | | |
- - - - - - - - - te - - - do |
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Table 10: Sixth, seventh and ninth chords and their contents, both ways. | ||||||
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type | example | intervals | degrees | example | intervals | degrees |
major | C6 | 1 3 5 6 | 1 3 5 6 | C9 | 1 3 5 7 9 | 1 3 5 -7 9 |
C7 | 1 3 5 7 | 1 3 5 -7 | C7-9 | 1 3 5 7 -9 | 1 3 5 -7 -9 | |
Cmaj7 | 1 3 5 +7 | 1 3 5 7 | Cmaj9 | 1 3 5 +7 9 | 1 3 5 7 9 | |
minor | Cm6 | 1 -3 5 6 | 1 -3 5 6 | Cm7 | 1 -3 5 7 | 1 -3 5 -7 |
Cm9 | 1 -3 5 7 9 | 1 -3 5 -7 9 | CmM7 | 1 -3 5 +7 | 1 -3 5 7 | |
diminished | Cdim7 | 1 -3 -5 -7 | 1 -3 -5 --7 | Cdim9 | 1 -3 -5 -7 -9 | 1 -3 -5 --7 -9 |
also | Cm7-5 | 1 -3 -5 7 | 1 -3 -5 -7 | CmM9 | 1 -3 5 +7 9 | 1 -3 5 7 9 |
Table 11: Common chords and notation for them | |||||
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chord | degrees | e.g. | chord | degrees | e.g. |
major | 1 3 5 | C | sixth | 1 3 5 6 | C6 |
seventh | 1 3 5 -7 | C7 | major seventh | 1 3 5 7 | Cmaj7, CM7 |
minor | 1 -3 5 | Cm | minor sixth | 1 -3 5 6 | Cm6 |
minor seventh | 1 -3 5 -7 | Cm7 | minor major seventh | 1 -3 5 7 | CmM7 |
diminished | 1 -3 -5 | Cdim, C0 | diminished seventh | 1 -3 -5 --7 | Cdim7, C07 |
augmented | 1 3 +5 | Caug, C+ | augmented seventh | 1 3 +5 -7 | Caug7, C+7 |
ninth | 1 3 5 -7 9 | C9 | major ninth | 1 3 5 7 9 | Cmaj9, CM9 |
minor ninth | 1 -3 5 -7 9 | Cm9 | fifth chord | 1 5 8 | C5, C(no 3) |
suspended chord | 1 4 5 | Csus, Csus4 | seventh suspended | 1 4 5 -7 | C7sus, C7sus4 |
suspended chord | 1 2 5 | Csus2 | seventh suspended | 1 2 5 -7 | C7sus2 |
example 1 | 1 -3 +5 -7 | Cm7+5 | example 2 | 1 -3 -5 -7 | Cm7-5 |
example 3 | 1 3 5 -7 -9 | C7-9 | six nine chord | 1 3 6 9 | C69, C |
The fifth chord is also called a power chord.
The seventh tone of Cm7-5 is a semitone higher than that of C07. |
Table 12: Chords in some modes and once-removed scales. | |||||||||||||
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X | Ionian (major) |
X | Aeolian (minor) |
X | Aeolian +7 (harmonic) |
X | Dorian +4 (mesheberakh) |
X | Phrygian +3 (freygish) |
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C | X X6 XM7 | A | Xm Xm7 | A | Xm XmM7 | D | Xm Xm6 Xm7 | E | X X7 | ||||
D | Xm Xm6 Xm7 | B | X0 Xm7-5 | B | X0 X07 | E | X X7 | F | X X6 XM7 | ||||
E | Xm Xm7 | C | X X6 XM7 | C | X+ XM7+5 | F | X X6 XM7 | G↑ | X0 X07 | ||||
F | X X6 XM7 | D | Xm Xm6 Xm7 | D | Xm Xm6 Xm7 | G↑ | X0 X07 | A | Xm XmM7 | ||||
G | X X6 X7 | E | Xm Xm7 | E | X X7 | A | Xm XmM7 | B | X0 X07 | ||||
A | Xm Xm7 | F | X X6 XM7 | F | X X6 XM7 | B | X0 X07 | C | X+ XM7+5 | ||||
B | X0 Xm7-5 | G | X X6 X7 | G↑ | X0 X07 | C | X+ XM7+5 | D | Xm Xm6 Xm7 | ||||
same chords - different modes | same chords - different modes |
Table 13: More chords in once- and twice-removed scales. | |||||||||||||
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X | Ionian -6 (harmonic) |
X | Ionian -3 (melodic) |
X | Aeolian +3 (melodic) |
X | Lydian -3-6 (double) |
X | Ionian -2-6 (double) |
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C | X XM7 | C | Xm Xm6 XmM7 | A | X X7 | F | Xm XmM7 | C | X XM7 | ||||
D | X0 X07 | D | Xm Xm6 Xm7 | B | X0 Xm7-5 | G | X-5 X6-5 X7-5 | D↓ | X X7 XM7 | ||||
E | Xm Xm7 | E↓ | X+ XM7+5 | C↑ | X0 Xm7-5 | A↓ | X+ XM7+5 | E | Xm Xm6 | ||||
F | Xm Xm6 XmM7 | F | X X6 X7 | D | Xm XmM7 | B | X0x3 X07x3 | F | Xm XmM7 | ||||
G | X X6 X7 | G | X X7 X+ X+7 | E | Xm Xm6 Xm7 | C | X XM7 | G | X-5 X6-5 X7-5 | ||||
A↓ | X+ X+7 | A | X0 Xm7-5 | F | X+ XM7+5 | D↓ | X X7 XM7 | A↓ | X+ XM7+5 | ||||
B | X0 X07 | B | X0 Xm7-5 | G | X X6 X7 | E | Xm Xm6 | B | X0x3 X07x3 | ||||
different chords | same chords - different modes |
Table 14: Sixth, seventh and ninth chords and their contents, other ways. | ||||||||
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type | name | degrees of X | degrees of Xm | degrees of Xo |
name | degrees of X | degrees of Xm | degrees of Xo |
sixths | X6 | 1 3 5 6 | --- | --- | Xm6 | 1 -3 5 6 | 1 3 5 +6 | --- |
major | X7 | 1 3 5 -7 | --- | --- | X9 | 1 3 5 -7 9 | --- | --- |
XM7 | 1 3 5 7 | --- | --- | XM9 | 1 3 5 7 9 | --- | --- | |
minor | Xm7 | 1 -3 5 -7 | 1 3 5 7 | --- | Xm9 | 1 -3 5 -7 9 | 1 3 5 7 9 | --- |
XmM7 | 1 -3 5 7 | 1 3 5 +7 | --- | XmM9 | 1 -3 5 7 9 | 1 3 5 +7 9 | --- | |
diminished | Xo7 | 1 -3 -5 --7 | 1 3 -5 -7 | 1 3 5 -7 | Xo9 | 1 -3 -5 --7 -9 | 1 3 -5 -7 -9 | 1 3 5 -7 9 |
Table 15: Church modes played as scales in the key of X, Xm or Xo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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key | first note | sharp or flat | ||||||||||||||||||
Ionian | Dorian | Phrygian | Lydian | Mixolydian | Aeolian | Locrian | ||||||||||||||
X | do | --- | Xm+6 | la | fi | Xm-2 | la | te | X+4 | do | fi | X-7 | do | te | Xm | la | --- | Xo | ti | --- |
Table 16: basic scales | ||||
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mode-name | type | chord | alternates | scale-name |
Ionian | major | X | X5, X6 | major |
Mixolydian | major | X7 | X-7 | dominant |
Aeolian | minor | Xm | Xm7, X-3-6-7 | minor |
Aeolian +6 | minor | Xm6 | Xm+6 | minor sixth |
Locrian | diminished | Xo | Xm-2-5 | diminished |
Locrian -7 | diminished | Xo7 | Xo-7 | diminished seventh |
Ionian +5 | augmented | Xa | X+5 | augmented |
Again there is no theory involved in X7 = X-7, Xm6 = Xm+6 or Xo7 = Xo-7, just conventions. |
Table 17: formerly once-removed scales | ||||
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mode-name | type | chord | alternates | scale-name |
Ionian -3 | minor | Xm6+7 | Xm+6+7, X-3 | melodic minor |
Aeolian +3 | major | X7-6 | X-6-7, Xm+3 | melodic major |
Mixolydian +4 | major | X7+4 | X+4-7 | Bartok |
Lydian +5 | major | Xa+4 | X+4+5 | Lydian augmented |
Locrian -4 | diminished | Xo-4 | - - - | Super Locrian |
Dorian -2 | minor | Xm6-2 | - - - | Javanese |
Ionian -6 | major | X-6 | - - - | harmonic major |
Aeolian +7 | minor | Xm+7 | - - - | harmonic minor |
Dorian +4 | minor | Xm6+4 | - - - | Mesheberakh |
Phrygian +3 | major | X7-2-6 | Xm-2+3 | Freygish |
Aeolian +4 | minor | Xm+4 | - - - | Minor Gypsy |
Phrygian +7 | minor | Xm-2+7 | - - - | Neapolitan Minor |
Ionian -2 | major | X-2 | - - - | Semi-Persian |
Table 18: formerly twice-removed scales | ||||
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mode-name | type | chord-name | alternates | a.k.a. |
Ionian -2-3 | minor | Xm6-2+7 | X-2-3 | Neapolitan |
Mixolydian -5-6 | - - - | X7-5-6 | Xo+2+3 | Arabian |
Lydian -6-7 | major | X7+4-6 | Xm+3+4 | Lydian Minor |
Ionian -2-6 | major | X-2-6 | - - - | double harmonic major |
Mixolydian -2-5 | - - - | X7-2-5 | Xo+3+6 | Oriental |
Aeolian +4+7 | minor | Xm+4+7 | X-3+4-6 | double harmonic minor |
Lydian -2-7 | major | X7-2+4 | - - - | Romanian Major |
Mixoydian +2+4 | major | X7+2+4 | - - - | Hungarian (Major) |
Locrian +3+7 | - - - | Xo+3+7 | X-2-5-6 | Persian |
Table 19: related major and minor keys | |||||||||||||||
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minor | -Am | -Em | -Bm | Fm | Cm | Gm | Dm | Am | Em | Bm | +Fm | +Cm | +Gm | +Dm | +Am |
major | -C | -G | -D | -A | -E | -B | F | C | G | D | A | E | B | +F | +C |
order | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +7 |
notes | edc bagf | edc bag | ed bag | ed ba |
e ba | e b | b |
f | f c | fg c |
fg cd |
fga cd | fga cde | fgab cde |
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Key-signatures with more than seven sharps or flats are sometimes used, but not very often. |
Table 20: Placement of sharps and flats in key-signatures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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G\G-7 , F\G7 , E\C , D\G7 , C\C , G\C , C\C |
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G/G-7/b , F\G7/b , E\C/c , D\G7/d , C\C/c , G\C/c , CBAGC\C/c |
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C\C/ceg , A\Am/cea , F\F+4/dfa , G\G7/bfg , C\C/ceg |
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C\C/ceg , A\Am/cea , F\F/cfa , D\Dm/dfa , G\G/dgb , E\Em/beg , B\Bo/bdf , G\G7/bfg , C\C/ceg |
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Table 20: Resources | |||
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title | author | publisher | topic(s) |
The Source | Steve Barta | Hal Leonard | more scales, chords |
Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music | Don Michael Randel | Harvard U Press | many things | The Fiddler's Fake Book | David Brody | Oak Publications | modes | The Compleat Klezmer | Henry Sapoznik | Tara publications | modes, harmony | The World's Greatest Legal Fake Book | Dedicated to Herman Steiger |
Warner Brothers Publications | common chords | Musicophilia | Oliver Sacks | Vintage Books | our minds, read these! |
This is Your Brain on Music | Daniel J. Levetin | Plume (Penguin) | How Music REALLY Works! | Wayne Chase | Roedy Black Publishing, Vancouver, Canada | many more things |
Table 21: The thirty once- and twice-removed scales, with coincidences: | |
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d↓ : o↓||oo|o|o|ooo||oo|o|o|oo : |o|o| and ooo||oo e↓ : o|o↓|o|o|o|oo|oo|o|o|o|oo : |o|o|o| and oo|oo a↓ : o|o|oo|o↓||oo|o|oo|oo||oo : |o|oo| and oo||oo g↓ : o|o|oo↓||o|oo|o|ooo||o|oo : |oo|o| and ooo||o |
d↑ : o||↑oo|o|o|oo||ooo|o|o|oo : |o|o| and oo||ooo c↑ : ↑o|oo|o|o|o|oo|oo|o|o|o|o : |o|o|o| and oo|oo g↑ : o|o|oo||↑o|oo|o|oo||oo|oo : |oo|o| and oo||oo a↑ : o|o|oo|o||↑oo|o|oo|o||ooo : |o|oo| and o||ooo |
Once-modified scales that are not once-removed are not included. | |
e↓ a↑ : o|o↓|o|o||↑oo|oo|o|o||ooo : |oo|o| and o||ooo b↑ c↑ : ↑o|oo|o|o||↑oo|oo|o|o||oo : |oo|o| and o||ooo d↓ g↑ : o↓||oo||↑o|ooo||oo||oo|oo : ||oo|| and oo|ooo d↑ g↑ : o||↑oo||↑o|oo||ooo||oo|oo : ||ooo|| and oo|oo d↓ g↓ : o↓||oo↓||o|ooo||ooo||o|oo : ||ooo|| and o|ooo c↑ a↑ : ↑o|oo|o||↑o|oo|oo|o||oo|o : |oo|oo| and o||oo e↓ g↑ : o|o↓|o||↑o|oo|oo|o||oo|oo : |oo|oo| and o||oo g↓ a↓ : o|o|oo↓|↓||oo|o|ooo|o||oo : |o|ooo| and o||oo d↑ g↓ : o||↑oo↓||o|oo||oooo||o|oo : ||oooo|| and o|oo |
c↑ g↓ : ↑o|oo↓||o|o|oo|ooo||o|o|o : |o|oo| and ooo||o f↓ e↓ : o|o↓↓||o|o|oo|ooo||o|o|oo : |o|oo| and ooo||o d↑ a↓ : o||↑oo|o↓||oo||ooo|oo||oo : ||oo|| and ooo|oo d↓ a↓ : o↓||oo|o↓||ooo||oo|oo||oo : ||ooo|| and oo|oo d↑ a↑ : o||↑oo|o||↑oo||ooo|o||ooo : ||ooo|| and ooo|o e↓ g↓ : o|o↓|o↓||o|oo|oo|oo||o|oo : |oo|oo| and oo||o c↑ a↓ : ↑o|oo|o↓||o|oo|oo|oo||o|o : |oo|oo| and oo||o g↑ a↑ : o|o|oo||↑|↑oo|o|oo||o|ooo : |ooo|o| and oo||o d↓ a↑ : o↓||oo|o||↑ooo||oo|o||ooo : ||oooo|| and oo|o |
g↓ a↑ : o|o|oo↓|||↑oo|o|ooo|||ooo : |o| and ooo|||ooo d↓ e↓ : o↓|↓|o|o|o|ooo|o|o|o|o|oo : |o|o|o|o| and o-o |
c↑ e↓ : ↑o↓|o|o|o|o|ooo|o|o|o|o|o : |o|o|o|o| and o-o c↑ d↑ : ↑|↑oo|o|o|o|o|ooo|o|o|o|o : |o|o|o|o| and o-o |
Twice-modified scales that are not twice-removed are not included. All that remains is to count the coincidences; there are eight, so the table (plus |o|o| and oo|o|oo) describes 23x84=1932 scales for us to practice. Please don't tell my piano teacher about this. |
Table 22: A few six- and eight-tone scales ---- three-times removed | |||
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tones | pattern | mode-name | other names |
d↓e↓cx | ↓ | ↓ | f | o | o | o | ↓ | Dorian -1-2x7 | Whole tone |
c↑d↑ex | f | o | o | o | ↑ | ↑ | f | Lydian +5+6x7 | Whole tone |
e↓g↓g↑ | b o | o ↓ | o ↓ | ↑ o | b | Locrian -4-6+6 | Diminished (halfstep-wholestep) |
a↓a↑c↑ | f | o ↓ | ↑ o | ↑ o | o f | Lydian -3+3+5 | Diminished (wholestep-halfstep) |
frets | ||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
powers of some numbers | ||||||||||||
1 | 1.06 | 1.1236 | 1.1910 | 1.4185 | 2.0122 | |||||||
1.0595 | 1.1225 | 1.1892 | 1.2599 | 1.3348 | 1.4142 | 1.4983 | 1.5874 | 1.6818 | 1.7818 | 1.8877 | 2.0000 | |
.94387 | .89090 | .84090 | .79370 | .74915 | .70711 | .66742 | .62996 | .59460 | .56123 | .52973 | .50000 | |
1 minus the powers of (1/2)1/12 | ||||||||||||
0 | .05613 | .10910 | .15910 | .20630 | .25085 | .29289 | .33258 | .37004 | .40540 | .43877 | .47027 | .50000 |
the fractions, 1/5, 1/4, 1/3 & 1/2 | ||||||||||||
.20000 | .25000 | .33333 | .50000 |
One octave of some guitar strings (approximate spaces): | |||||||||||||
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nut | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
e | f | - | g | - | a | - | b | c' | - | d' | - | e' | |
B | c | - | d | - | e | f | - | g | - | a | - | b | |
G | - | A | - | B | c | - | d | - | e | f | - | g | |
D | - | E | F | - | G | - | A | - | B | c | - | d | |
A' | - | B' | C | - | D | - | E | F | - | G | - | A | |
E' | F' | - | G' | - | A' | - | B' | C | - | D | - | E | |
D' | - | E' | F' | - | G' | - | A' | - | B' | C | - | D | |
0 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 1/2 |