
	How Music Works 1) Sound and Music 2) The Major Scale 3) Chords and Harmony 4) Scales and Melody 5) Meter and Rhythm 6) Chord/Scale Relations 7) Playing with Chords 8) Playing with Scales Overview Understanding Improvisation Improvising on the Song Scale Relations and Improvisation Introducing Scale Modes Major Scale Modes Using Major Scale Modes More on Major Scale Modes Improvisation Examples Melodic Minor Scale Modes Harmonic Minor Scale Modes The Blues Exception 9) Writing Songs


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(8.5) Major Scale Modes

Before we explain the benefits of using modes, let us first lay out the degrees of all the Major scale modes, in the same format as we have done for the other scale types.

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