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Old June 5th, 2006
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Originally Posted by Fretsource
Another consideration is the type of you music you want to use them with. Playing a lot of Renaissance and British folk music, I find the modes I use most (not counting the Ionian and Aeolian, which are the major and natural minor scales) are the dorian and mixolydian modes - the lydian to a lesser extent, the phrygian, hardly ever, and the locrian, not at all.
I use the Aeolian, Locrian and Phrygian when playing Spanish style guitar.


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