Dec 24, 2014 · Given that the minor second intervals in both C major and natural A minor are the same, the chord on the fifth degree of A minor is normally going to be a minor chord, E min, with G as its third.

Aug 13, 2017 · The modes of C are the 7 arrangements you get from starting the C major scale from its 7 different root notes. You only think of parrallel modes like you have described as a harmonic / …

Notes do not "start" with C; C major is just the easiest major key to notate in modern notation. The concept of a major key came about long after letters were assigned to the notes. Before there were …

Jan 26, 2021 · The way I remember modes is, for example, that I know that the Lydian mode is the major scale two half-steps up from the root. That is, I would play in the D major scale if I wanted to …

Jul 13, 2017 · Of course that could be a very interesting thing to do, but (assuming from your question about D major that you are a beginner) it would be better to wait a while before you try to do it.

Jun 17, 2016 · The C major and C Ionian scales are the same scale, we have just taken to calling Ionian major. It's the same way that the c natural minor scale is the same as the C aeolian scale, we just …

I can see that everything is built around the 'normal' notes that belong to the C major scale, and everything in-between is an inconvenient anomaly. I just feel there is a whole lot of unreasonable …

Nov 2, 2024 · Every major scale you know has 7 of them - the parent being the 1st, i.e. C major, which produces D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian and the almost unusable B …

Jan 1, 2021 · For the purposes of this question, chords are most usefully defined as every other note from the root of the chord, with chords having their roots on each note of the corresponding scale. …

That way you won't be pulling scale degrees and making assumptions about chord quality - you'll have a deeper understanding of the entire tonal function of that particular scale. Finally, and in the same …