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Originally Posted by hb
I studied that link and I'm not sure if I'm absorbing this right or not. Please advise.....If I play the G major scale, I will start on G and play the whole notes up the scale with the exception of F#.
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Nope. You play the major scale intervals. In the key of G major, the F# note is the seventh degree of the scale. You just continue to play the major scale intervals regardless of the note where you begin.
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Originally Posted by hb
Then if I play the same scale but instead of starting on G, I start on another note of the G scale, what I have done is change "modes" but still playing the same scale including that one F#. Is this correct?
thanks,
hb
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If I read you correctly, yes. So if you're in the key of G and you begin on G and play the major scale intervals, this is the G Ionian mode. If you begin on the A note, the second degree note from the root, and continue playing the G major scale intervals and end on the A note an octave later, you're playing the A Dorian mode. Basically think that you're playing the same intervals but you're just sliding the scale up one step. You would never skip the F# note if you're playing in the key of G major. Make sense or more confusing?
Steve