MAJOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

See alsto the COMPARATIVE TABLE below

GRADE	NAME	NOTES	NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C
I	IONIAN
II	DORIAN
III	PHRYGIAN
IV	LYDIAN
V	MIXOLYDIAN
VI	AEOLIAN
VII	LOCRIAN

IONIAN

Alternative names: Major, Diatonic, Greek Lydian, Hypolydian

It starts from the first grade of major scale

Structure: 2212221

chords over first notes:
Triad:	Seventh chord:	Complete chord:
major	major seventh

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9

DORIAN

Alternative names: Greek Phrygian, Hypomixolydian

It starts from the second grade of major scale

Structure: 2122212

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:
Triad:	Seventh chord:	Complete chord:
minor	minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, Cm13, Cm6, Cm6/9

PHRYGIAN

Alternative names: Greek Dorian, Hypoaeolian, Maqam Kurd, Major Inverse

It starts from the third grade of major scale

Structure: 1222122

chords over first notes:
Triad:	Seventh chord:	Complete chord:
minor	minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(b9), Cm11(b9), Cm11(b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Csus(b9)

LYDIAN

Alternative names: Greek Hypolydian, Hypolocrian

It starts from the fourth grade of major scale

Structure: 2221221

chords over first notes:
Triad:	Seventh chord:	Complete chord:
major	major seventh

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9, Cmaj7(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cmaj7(b5)

MIXOLYDIAN

Alternative names: Greek Hypophrygian, Hypoionian

It starts from the fifth grade of major scale

Structure: 2212212

chords over first notes:
Triad:	Seventh chord:	Complete chord:
major	dominant

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C11, C13, Csus, C7sus, C9sus, C13sus

AEOLIAN

Alternative names: Natural Minor, Pure Minor, Ancient Minor, Greek Hypodorian, Hypodorian

It starts from the sixth grade of major scale

Structure: 2122122

chords over first notes:
Triad:	Seventh chord:	Complete chord:
minor	minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, Cm7(b13), Cm9(b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(#5), Cm9(#5)

LOCRIAN

Alternative names: Half Diminished, Greek Mixolydian, Hypophrygian

It starts from the seventh grade of major scale

Structure: 1221222

chords over first notes:
Triad:	Seventh chord:	Complete chord:
diminished	half diminished

Chord simbols X: Cm7(b5), CØ, Cm7(b5 b9), CØ(b9)

COMPARATIVE TABLE

From the brighter mode (Lydian) to the darker one (Locrian)
In the middle there is the Dorian mode