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Modes of the Major Scale
by Christopher Sung
A Aeolian
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An Aeolian scale is when you play from the 6th degree of the major scale to an octave above, so for
A Aeolian,
the notes are:
Each mode has an associated chord that is comprised of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th degrees of
the mode. For A Aeolian, this chord is an A Minor 7 and the notes it contains are:
In the example below, the following can be heard in order:
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