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Originally Posted by fendervox  Excellent, is this based on theory? I suppose it wouldn't hurt to learn them anyways, but I'm curious why you think these are the next too? Just trying to use them in context is all. I appreciate the reply  |
What you're doing is learning each of the basic modes (I think there's something else you could call these seven, but I forget the term) starting from a different note. You can know how to make the chords from these scales by harmonizing the notes in the scale (in this case, the C Major scale).
By harmonize, I mean creating chords from the notes using the intervals in chords and placing the proper notes in the right order. As example, I'll harmonize the first note, C, and the sixth note, A.
The C Major Scale is as follows:
C D E F G A B
The Intervals in a C major 7th chord is as follows:
1, 3, 5, 7
Now, try placing numbers over the notes of the scale to get this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
C D E F G A B
Use the numbers/intervals that represent the Major 7th Chord. Take the notes that correspond to the intervals of the chord to get the notes in them:
1 3 5 7
C E G B
And thus you get the C Major 7th Chord.
For A, you start the same way with C, except now you start the scale from A. You still place numbers over the notes of the scale:
Here's where knowing your intervals really helps, since you need to know the difference between the intervals between the notes in this mode intervals in a C major scale.
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
A B C D E F G
The chord you would make out of this scale would be the Minor 7th Chord. The intervals that define this chord are as follows:
1, b3, 5, b7
Again, take the notes/numbers that correspond with this chord and place them in that order. You end up with this:
1 b3 5 b7
A C E G
IMO, if you really want to learn modes, you should learn them based off of the same note, instead of starting from different notes and not immediately being able to see the differences between the modes.
Here's something you can read through to understand all this better (don't be detered by the site, the info is actually helpful):
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genme...topic=22862214
