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Chords vs Scales

I II- III- IV V VI- VII-

Aeolian

Ionian

Dorian

Phrygian
+ Lydian

Mixolydian

Ionian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 mashed potatoes Happy Birthday, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.


Lydian 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 "spacey" type of sound Sara, Dreams, Here Comes My Girl, Flying in a Blue Dream
Mixolydian 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 "funky", "folky" Sweet Home Alabama, Sweet Child O' Mine, Satisfaction.

Dorian 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 "soulful", "bluesy" sound Riders on the Storm, Eleanor Rigby, Smoke on the Water.
Phrygian 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 "middle-eastern" flavor White Rabbit, Intro to La Villa Strangiato.
Aeolian 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 "dark", "sad" sound Black Magic Woman, Thrill is Gone, Achilles Last Stand.
Locrian 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 "exotic", "unresolved" Lack of perfect fifth makes it inherently unstable.

Harmonic Min 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7 Heavy metal, jazz. Over V7 in a minor key. Hava Nagila, Sultans of Swing, Yngwie
Lydian Dom 1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7 "floaty", "jazzy", mode of melodic minor Girl From Ipanema, Take the A Train.
Phrygian Dom 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7 "flamenco", 5th mode of harmonic minor YYZ, Faith No More's Epic, Powerslave.

5 1 5 1 5 3
1 5 1 1 1 5
Major 3 3 5 3 3
1 5 5 1 1 1 5 1 3

5 1 3 7 5 1 5 7 3
1 5 1 1 1 5
Maj7 7 3 7 7 3 3 5 7 3 7 3 7
1 5 5 1 5 1 5 5 3
7 7 7

5 1 3 3 5 3
7 7 1 7 5 1 5 1 7 1 1 7 5
Dom7 3 3 7 3
1 7 5 5 1 3 5 3 5 1 7 5 5 1 3
7 7 7

5 1 5 1 5
7 3 7 1 7 3 5 1 3 7 3 7 3 1 1 7 5

Min7 5 3
1 7 5 5 7 5 1 7 5 5

5 1 5 1 5
7 3 7 1 7 3 1 3 5 7 3 7 3 1 1 7

m7b5 5 5 5 5 5 3
1 7 3 7 1 7

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