Editing Jazz scale (section)

==Modes of the major scale==
{{Main|Mode (music)#Modern modes}}
The number of scales available to improvising musicians continues to expand. As modern techniques and musical constructions appear, jazz players find the ones they can put into compositions or use as material for melodic exploration. Prominent examples are the seven [[Mode (music)|modes]] of the [[diatonic scale|diatonic]] [[major scale]] and added-note scales.

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|+Modes of the major scale
!Mode
!Name
!Scale on C
!Associated chord<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jazz Modes Chart|url=https://www.apassion4jazz.net/modes.html|access-date=2021-07-02|website=www.apassion4jazz.net}}</ref>
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|I||[[Ionian mode|Ionian]]||C–D–E–F–G–A–B–C||C<sup>maj7</sup> (9, 13)
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|II||[[Dorian mode|Dorian]]||C–D–E{{music|flat}}–F–G–A–B{{music|flat}}–C||Cm<sup>6</sup> or Cm<sup>7</sup> (9, 11, 13)
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|III||[[Phrygian mode|Phrygian]]||C–D{{music|flat}}–E{{music|flat}}–F–G–A{{music|flat}}–B{{music|flat}}–C||Cm<sup>7</sup> ({{music|b}}9)
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|IV||[[Lydian mode|Lydian]]||C–D–E–F{{music|sharp}}–G–A–B–C||C<sup>maj7{{music|#}}11</sup> (9, 13)
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|V||[[Mixolydian mode|Mixolydian]]||C–D–E–F–G–A–B{{music|flat}}–C||C<sup>7</sup> (9, 13)
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|VI||[[Aeolian mode|Aeolian]]||C–D–E{{music|flat}}–F–G–A{{music|flat}}–B{{music|flat}}–C||Cm<sup>7</sup> (9, 11)
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|VII||[[Locrian mode|Locrian]]||C–D{{music|flat}}–E{{music|flat}}–F–G{{music|flat}}–A{{music|flat}}–B{{music|flat}}–C||Cm<sup>7{{music|flat}}5</sup> or C{{music|halfdim}}<sup>7</sup> (11, {{music|flat}}13)
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Compare each of the modes to the major scale for clues as to the subtle differences between them. Ionian is based on the 1st degree of the major scale, Dorian on the 2nd, Phrygian on the 3rd, etc.

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|+Modes of the C major scale (White-note scales)
!Name
!Scale
!Associated chord{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}
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|C Ionian||C–D–E–F–G–A–B–C||C<sup>maj7</sup> (9, 13)
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|D Dorian||D–E–F–G–A–B–C–D||Dm<sup>6</sup> or Dm<sup>7</sup> (9, 11, 13)
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|E Phrygian||E–F–G–A–B–C–D–E||Em<sup>7</sup> ({{music|b}}9)
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|F Lydian||F–G–A–B–C–D–E–F||F<sup>maj7{{music|#}}11</sup> (9, 13)
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|G Mixolydian||G–A–B–C–D–E–F–G||G<sup>7</sup> (9, 13)
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|A Aeolian||A–B–C–D–E–F–G–A||Am<sup>7</sup> (9, 11)
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|B Locrian||B–C–D–E–F–G–A–B||Bm<sup>7{{music|flat}}5</sup> or B{{music|halfdim}}<sup>7</sup> (11, {{music|flat}}13)
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