Diatonic Modes WEEK 6

Week 6

 Diatonic Modes


What are they?

  • Their are 7 diatonic modes. Their names are Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian.
  • An ascending list of seven successive natural notes, slike C–D–E–F–G–A–B would be an example of a diatonic scale.



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