Uncle Bob's Guitar Lessons
Lesson 3 - Elementary Chords And Theory
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(Please see the" Chords Found in a Major Scale" page first.)
I don't want to get into modes too heavily here, but here is a list of chords that you would find in each of the several most-used modal scales:
| Degree/Mode |
Ionian |
Dorian |
Phrygian |
Lydian |
Mixolydian |
Aeolian |
Locrian |
| Tonic |
Maj |
min |
min |
Maj |
Maj |
min |
dim |
| Supertonic |
min |
min |
Maj |
Maj |
min |
dim |
Maj |
| Mediant |
min |
Maj |
Maj |
min |
dim |
Maj |
min |
| Subdominant |
Maj |
Maj |
min |
dim |
Maj |
min |
min |
| Dominant |
Maj |
min |
dim |
Maj |
min |
min |
Maj |
| Submediant |
min |
dim |
Maj |
min |
min |
Maj |
Maj |
| Subtonic |
dim |
Maj |
min |
min |
Maj |
Maj |
min |
As stated above, I don't want to get into modes too heavily, but suffice it to say that the Ionian mode is the same as a major scale, and the Aeolian mode is the same as a minor scale.
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