Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ‘happiest’ sounding of the modes, the Ionian is identical to the major scale, so it’s highly likely you’re already playing it ...

Guitar skills: Essentially, a mode is a scale that doesn’t start on its root note. For example, the Lydian mode starts on the fourth note of the major scale, so C ...

Learn some basics of modal scales with our lesson on Dorian mode. You’ve probably heard of modes, even if you don’t know what they are. The basics are very simple: play the major scale but don’t start ...