https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:57:57 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-120702 Sat, 27 Aug 2005 06:06:03 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-120702 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-120675 Sat, 27 Aug 2005 05:03:12 +0000 When applying modes to melodic and harmonic minor scales are the principles the exact same? ionian --> dorian --> phrygian etc? Or not?]]> Guitar Players Discussion simon@home.co.uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-120675 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-120587 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:49:14 +0000
Locrian is rarely used and it's apparently only a "theoretical mode", in other words, rarely used in practice (although i'm not too sure if it's used much in jazz) but still technically a mode because it's built from the diatonic scale.

Of course, you can get even deeper then that and use harmonic minor (minor with a major 7th) or melodic minor (minor with major 6th and major 7th, or a major scale with a flatted 3rd)... naturally those scales have modes too, which makes the whole situation even more complicated, luckily outside of jazz modes aren't used too much.

I don't really like using modes too much, the exception being the dominant phygrian mode (5th mode of the harmonic minor), which sounds really cool. Other then that, I mostly stick to pentatonics, major and harmonic and natural minor: but i'm really interested in rock, metal and classical music styles as opposed to jazz which uses modes alot.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-120587 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-11263 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:03:28 +0000 I know theres just been a thread on modes, but i just wanna clear something up about their use -
If im playing in A.
Do I take the major scale with the root note on A and then just do whatever mode I think complements the peice best?

Or

If say I wanna use phrygian, am I actually supposed to have the 3rd major scale note starting on the A?

Which one of those is the correct way of using em?]]> Guitar Players Discussion simon@home.co.uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/got-my-own-question-on-modes/#post-11263