Mode 2 - Ionian and Dorian Mode

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:20 am

Okay ..aku tak jadi nak mandi..weather tgh sejuk dan semalam snowing skit..you know how ppl say mat salleh tak mandi 2 hari? well it's true hehe..but dont worry guys..for health and personal hygiene reasons i will take my shower right after finishing this mode stuff...

let's go into modes in details..

what is your mode today? - mode's structure and it's relationship to major scale

let's start by taking the C major scale..i know some ppl say why C major? it's because C major does not have any sharps or flats so it'll be easier for me to explain and for you to understand ..

lets have the C major scale going from low pitch to high pitch:

C D E F G A B C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Please remember that C note is the first degree of the major scale , D note is the second degree , E is third and so on..

Ionian mode (1st degree)
So let's start with Ionian mode. Ionian scale is the same thing as your major scale , meaning it has the same structure ( W W H W W W H)

so it would be C D E F G A B C ..okay so nothing new here..just to let you know that when ppl say Ionian mode, dont panic! it is just the major scale..

Dorian (second degree)

Dorian scale is what you will get if you start the C major scale from note D instead of note C . This is called the second degree mode because it starts from the second degree of major scale , which in our case is the note D
so let's take our major scale again

C D E F G A B C

and let's start from the second degree of the scale which is note D and let it progress one octave to a higher pitch D note

D E F G A B C D

so that my friends , is the D Dorian scale .

It is a D scale ( just like D major or D minor) because it's key tonic is D or in plain english - it is in the key of D .. later Bode would explain how to apply this in soloing but basically if somebody is doing a rhythm chord progression in Dm key..you can use D Dorian scale to goreng like crazy.. then proudly say to your rhythm guitarist ..'aku tgh goreng D dorian niii' mesti dia ternganga kejap..hehe

ok back to business...we're not done yet with Dorian let alone the other 5 modes..

So let's review D dorian again ,
we've got the D Dorian from C major scale ...

from C D E F G A B C (c major scale)

and now start the scale from D instead of C , we'll get

D E F G A B C D (this D Dorian )

Now pause for a minute , remember the structure for C major scale ?

W W H W W W H

Since we we started from D for our Dorian mode , the structure too have changed..
now instead of

W W H W W W H (major scale structure)

we would start from the second degree and get this this structure

W H W W W H W (dorian scale structure)

let's see again how is this applied to D dorian..

D E F G A B C D

D W E H F W G W A W B H C W D

So the D Dorian mode conforms to the W H W W W H W structure..

ok at least we've got two modes ( ionian and dorian ) out of the way..

i'm gonna post more stuff about the rest of the modes esp my favourite phyrgian (any metalheads should know this) and mixolydian ( essential for blues/jazz fan) .. but hopefully by now you guys already know how to derive modes from major scale ... all other modes work in the same way..

recap this post -
1)Ionian - major scale - starts from C note
(starts from 1st degree which is C)
2)Dorian - starts from D note (2nd degree)

other modes that you guys can start finding out by your self before i go more into details:

3)Phrygian - starts from E note (3rd degree)
4) Lydian - starts from F note (4th degree)
5)Mixolydian - starts from G note (5th degree)
6)Aeolian - starts from A note ( this is A minor scale basically, so A aeolian is always A minor scale) (6th degree)
7) Locrian - starts from B note (7th degree)

So later on i would expain bit more on the rest of the modes and their scale structure .. hopefully then we can go into (if anybody need to know lah)
- three types of minor scale
- minor pentatonic and it's box pattern on your guitar
- and the dirtiest ballsiest scale ever - the blues scale (my fav)
-blues and jazz chord progression

anyway somebody needs to treat me sup ekor and nasi pataya masa aku balik for all this work haha.

ok assalamualaikum..aku nak mandi ..hari ni ada potluck dan aku masak laksa....which laksa u might ask? the only laksa worth to be called laksa ..the laksa asam kedah ...

what la laksa johor...hahaha relax orang johor! Smile

omarjamaludin · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:20 pm Post subject:

wow boleh comment cun la ajeep..u the man..

undefined · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject: complex la

hi.. pjg sangat la..

takde ke explaination for dummies cam aku ni? heheheh

GryMlock · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject:

ok kot ni. baca sekali maybe kenot aa..
print elok ni.. jadi reference.
esok2 in future articles.. sebut jek mode mana satu, dah bleh tau dah. Wink

lizard · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

tengah print nie..

Rainbow · Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Articles: 0 Comments: 1

never thought that i would learn modes here.

but hey, thx man... Very Happy