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All the Modes, All the Scales

Every diatonic mode, every minor-family mode, the symmetric scales, and the voicings that carry them. The vocabulary Part B assumes you already have.

3 lessons · 10 weeks

All the Modes, All the Scales illustration
A9

All seven diatonic modes on the piano

Each mode three ways, in every key, named by the one tone that gives it its sound.

3 weeks
A10

All the other modes: melodic minor, harmonic minor, harmonic major, the symmetric scales, and the pentatonics

Melodic minor, harmonic minor, harmonic major, whole-tone, diminished, pentatonic.

4 weeks
A11

Chord-scale relationships and voicings: drop-2, block chords, colors and superimpositions

Drop-2, block chords, colors, and superimpositions at the keyboard.

3 weeks