8.1 Modes

• Modes share the same notes as major and natural minor scales but differ in their tonic and characteristic intervals.


  True
• The Ionian mode has a major tonal character.


  True
• Which mode is considered unstable due to its diminished fifth?

  Locrian
• A major scale consists of seven notes arranged with a pattern of whole and half steps.
• What is the characteristic interval of the Lydian mode?

  Augmented 4th
• Modes are variations of the diatonic scale that alter its intervallic structure.
• Which mode has a dominant-sounding major character?

  Mixolydian
• What is the starting point of a major scale called?

  Root
• A major scale ascends with a pattern of whole and half steps.


  True
• The C major scale consists of the notes C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C
• How are Greek modes formed?

  Using major scale degrees as tonic
• Modes are variations of the diatonic scale that share the same notes as major and minor scales but differ in tonic and characteristic intervals.


  True
• What is the tonal character of the Ionian mode?

  Major
• Which mode has a minor 2nd as a characteristic interval?

  Phrygian
• Which mode has a dominant-sounding major character?

  Mixolydian
• What is the term for variations of the diatonic scale that alter its intervallic structure?

  Modes
• The Dorian mode has a minor third and a major sixth.


  True
• Which mode has an augmented fourth as a characteristic interval?

  Lydian
• The Aeolian mode is the same as the natural minor scale.
• Steps in the construction of a major scale

  1️⃣ Root (1st degree)

  2️⃣ Major 2nd

  3️⃣ Major 3rd

  4️⃣ Perfect 4th

  5️⃣ Perfect 5th

  6️⃣ Major 6th

  7️⃣ Major 7th
• What is the C major scale?

  C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C
• Greek modes are variations of the major scale.
• Match the mode with its tonal character:

  Ionian ↔️ Major

  Dorian ↔️ Minor with major 6th

  Phrygian ↔️ Minor with minor 2nd

  Lydian ↔️ Major with augmented 4th
• The Mixolydian mode is a dominant-sounding major mode.


  True
• The Phrygian mode has a tonal character described as minor with a minor 2nd
• What is the characteristic tonal character of the Aeolian mode?

  Natural minor
• Modes share the same notes as major and natural minor scales but differ in their tonic and characteristic intervals.


  True
• Steps to identify a mode in a musical example:

  1️⃣ Determine the tonic

  2️⃣ Identify characteristic intervals

  3️⃣ Compare the scale structure
• The natural minor scale has a darker and more melancholic tonal character
• The Ionian mode is identical to the major scale in both intervallic structure and tonal character.

  True
• A musical phrase with the notes D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D in sequence is in the Dorian mode.
• Match the mode with its example scale:

  Phrygian ↔️ E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E

  Mixolydian ↔️ G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G

  Aeolian ↔️ A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A
• Modes share the same notes as major and minor scales but differ in their intervallic structure.


  True
• A major scale consists of seven notes with a pattern of whole steps and half steps.
• Order the steps to form Greek modes from a major scale

  1️⃣ Use different degrees of the major scale as the tonic

  2️⃣ Alter the intervallic structure

  3️⃣ Define characteristic intervals
• Match the Greek mode with its corresponding scale in C major:

  C Ionian ↔️ C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C

  D Dorian ↔️ D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D

  E Phrygian ↔️ E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E
• The Dorian mode is a minor mode with a major sixth.
• What are the characteristic intervals of the Ionian mode?

  M3, P5, M7
• The Dorian mode is a minor mode with a major 6th
• The Locrian mode is considered stable due to its characteristic intervals.

  False