(Almost) everything you'll ever need to know on modes and scales!

08
Jun
2010
(Almost) everything you'll ever need to know on modes and scales!

Hey there, guys. Since there has been a little bit of confusion about modes, keys and scales, I figured I should make a topic about it. I'm currently a 7th year piano student and I have done my fair share of theory and passed all three exams with respectively a 10, a 8.5 and a 9. (Out of 10)
Let's go, shall we?

Let's start with the most basic scale of all:
C Major. This is commonly known as
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