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You mean like "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (melody starts on the note G) in Eb? I'd call it "Eb major." Songs don't have to start on the tonic note.
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I guess I mean what "Mode" is it?
I was trying to get my head around the Eb major scale just because it is probably one I'll hardly ever use.
I was having a bit of a struggle but then realized it was the C natural scale minor which I've had under my fingers forever.
So playing C minor with my first finger on the third fret as a main anchor I played the three notes below starting on the G and was only wondering what you'd call that "G" scale going G, Ab, Bb,C,D, Eb, F,G
I was trying to get my head around the Eb major scale just because it is probably one I'll hardly ever use.
I was having a bit of a struggle but then realized it was the C natural scale minor which I've had under my fingers forever.
So playing C minor with my first finger on the third fret as a main anchor I played the three notes below starting on the G and was only wondering what you'd call that "G" scale going G, Ab, Bb,C,D, Eb, F,G
You are confusing scales and chords. There is no such thing as a Gm7 scale.
Maybe Gmin 7 b9 b13. Good question!
I think if you want to be very specific, G Phrygian.
I think if you want to be very specific, G Phrygian.
I am enjoying how much fail this thread contains.
Let me try to simplify. Modes are different types of "scales" that you can play when you start on different notes of a specific key. So, when you play in the key of Eb, start on the tonic (Eb) and play up 7 notes, you have the Ionian mode which is commonly known as the Major scale. Starting on the second note (F) and then going up 7 notes (using the same key signature) gets you Dorian mode. It sounds pretty cool but can be weird to most musicians. The third note, going up a 7-note "scale" gets you Phrygian mode which sounds pretty *-ing weird. There are 7 modes in all: Starting from the first note in a scale you have Ionian (major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (natural minor) and Locrian which was considered the most evil mode and sounds really *-ing weird.
I realize that without some theory knowledge this was not simplifying but hopefully it can help someone here.
Let me try to simplify. Modes are different types of "scales" that you can play when you start on different notes of a specific key. So, when you play in the key of Eb, start on the tonic (Eb) and play up 7 notes, you have the Ionian mode which is commonly known as the Major scale. Starting on the second note (F) and then going up 7 notes (using the same key signature) gets you Dorian mode. It sounds pretty cool but can be weird to most musicians. The third note, going up a 7-note "scale" gets you Phrygian mode which sounds pretty *-ing weird. There are 7 modes in all: Starting from the first note in a scale you have Ionian (major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (natural minor) and Locrian which was considered the most evil mode and sounds really *-ing weird.
I realize that without some theory knowledge this was not simplifying but hopefully it can help someone here.
Anything that can be built from diatonic harmonisation of the mode, which is the same as the diatonic harmonisation of every other mode. Let me ask this. If the chord is tonic major but beat 1 of bar 2 of the (anacrusic) melody is mediant, is the melody Major or Phrygian? Leaving of Liverpool...
Basically the Phrygian mode is a minor 7 with the 2nd and the 6th degree also flattened.
No need to over complicate things.
No need to over complicate things.
Quite contraire, Agent 99...
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... they say it's for quality control, but I know better... Gm is looking for variants in weight, hopefully prohibiting the illegal pilfering of small plastic buttons and tire jacks... meaningless parts, sent to places unknown...
... we need to stop the madness.
(cue music, insert Gm7 PSA)
Gm is not GMQuite contraire, Agent 99...
General motors weighs every 7th vehicle manufactured, before leaving the assembly plant...
... they say it's for quality control, but I know better... Gm is looking for variants in weight, hopefully prohibiting the illegal pilfering of small plastic buttons and tire jacks... meaningless parts, sent to places unknown...
... we need to stop the madness.
(cue music, insert Gm7 PSA)
Jeeze, what a thread to pick for my morning coffee.
Anything that doesn't clash with that gnarly minor second that OF COURSE I'm going to play in the bassline cuz I'm the hippest.
To continue the automotive analogies: If you get on Route 95 at exit 3, which highway are you driving on? Some of the posters in this thread would have you believe you're driving on 95 + 3 = Route 98. 
The simplest, least confusing answer to your question is that the Eb Major scale starting from G can perfectly well still be called Eb Major. You don't need "modes" to play songs like "Mary Had a Little Lamb," which starts on the 3rd of the major scale, or "Happy Birthday," which starts on the 5th.
The simplest, least confusing answer to your question is that the Eb Major scale starting from G can perfectly well still be called Eb Major. You don't need "modes" to play songs like "Mary Had a Little Lamb," which starts on the 3rd of the major scale, or "Happy Birthday," which starts on the 5th.
The nature of the question suggest that the scale from G with three flats should be felt like G is the tonic of the tune. Therefore G phrygian is the right answer. And, as said, usually phrygian is played with a major third (B, not Bb). Very common in eastern music.
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