Major Scale	Scale Notes: 1010110101011 Major Pentatonic: 1010100101001
Is considered a Major Scale. Also known as Ionian and Matzore. Drop the 4^th and 7^th notes to form the Major Pentatonic scale. – Bb Major = G Minor = C Dorian = D Ussak ~ G Ussak – Bb Major ~ F Major ~ Eb Major – Bb Major ~ Bb Rast ~ Bb Huzam ~ Bb Segiah ~ Bb Tabanahiotiko – Bb Major ~ C Roumaniko ~ D Hijaz ~ G Harmonic Minor – Bb Major ~ D Hijazkiar ~ G Nihavent ~ D Pireotikos

Triads:
M	m	m		M		M	m				Dim
Sevenths:
M7^th(no 3^rd)	m7^th(no 3^rd)	m7^th(no 3^rd)		M7^th(no 3^rd)		m7^th(no 3^rd)	m7^th (no 3^rd)				7^th b5^th(no 3^rd)
M7^th(no 5^th)	m7^th(no 5^th)	m7^th(no 5^th)		M7^th(no 5^th)		7^th(no 5^th)	m7^th (no 5^th)				m7^th(no 5^th)
M7^thSus4^th(no 5^th)	7^thSus4^th(no 5^th)	7^thSus4^th (no 5^th)		M7^thb5^th (no 3^rd)		7^thSus4^th (no 5^th)	7^thSus4^th (no 5^th)				7^thSus4^th (no 5^th)
Ninths:
M9^th(no 3^rd and 5^th)	7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)	7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)			M9^th(no 3^rd and 5^th)	7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)	7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)		7^thSusb2^nd(no 5^th)
Fourths:
Sus4^th	Sus4^th	Sus4^th		Sus#4^th		Sus4^th	Sus4^th				Sus4^thb5^th
Add4^th(no 5^th)	mAdd4^th(no 5^th)	mAdd4^th(no 5^th)		Mb5^th		Add4^th(no 5^th)	mAdd4^th(no 5^th)				mAdd4^th(no 5^th)
Seconds:
Sus2^nd	Sus2^nd		Susb2^nd	Sus2^nd		Sus2^nd		Sus2^nd		Susb2^ndb5^th
Add2^nd(no 5^th)	m9^th(no 5^th and b7^th)		m9^thb2^nd(no 5^th and b7^th)	Add2^nd(no 5^th)		Add2^nd(no 5^th)		m9^th(no 5^th and b7^th)		m9^thb2^nd(no 5^th and b7^th)
Sixths:
6^th(no 3^rd)	6^th(no 3^rd)	b6^th(no 3^rd)		6^th(no 3^rd)		6^th(no 3^rd)	b6^th(no 3^rd)				b6^thb5^th(no 3^rd)
6^th(no 5^th)	Dim7^th(no 5^th)	mb6^th(no 5^th)		6^th(no 5^th)		6^th(no 5^th)	mb6^th(no 5^th)				mb6^th(no 5^th)
>Root Note
C	D	E		F		G	A				B
C#	Eb	F		F#		Ab	Bb				C
D	E	F#		G		A	B				C#
Eb	F	G		Ab		Bb	C				D
E	F#	Ab		A		B	C#				Eb
F	G	A		Bb		C	D				E
F#	Ab	Bb		B		C#	Eb				F
G	A	B		C		D	E				F#
Ab	Bb	C		C#		Eb	F				G
A	B	C#		D		E	F#				Ab
Bb	C	D		Eb		F	G				A
B	C#	Eb		E		F#	Ab				Bb

Major Scale

Scale Notes: 1010110101011 Major Pentatonic: 1010100101001

Is considered a Major Scale. Also known as Ionian and Matzore. Drop the 4^th and 7^th notes to form the Major Pentatonic scale. Is a mode of Minor, Ussak, and Dorian – C Major = A Minor = D Dorian = E Ussak – Bb Major = G Minor = C Dorian = D Ussak ~ G Ussak – If you start 2 scale degrees back you get Minor – If you start 2 scale degrees forward you get Ussak – If you give it a b7^th and start 2 scale degrees back you get Ussak – If you start 1 scale degree forward you get Dorian Is similar to Rast, Huzam, Seghiah, Tabanahiotiko. Note: Definitions of Rast, Huzam and Tabanahiotiko vary amongst players. – Bb Major ~ Bb Rast ~ Bb Huzam ~ Bb Segiah ~ Bb Tabanahiotiko – Give it a b7^th to become Rast descending, and make more use of passing notes, like b3^rd, #4^th, and b8^th – Give it a #2^nd note to modulate to Huzam, and then you can use b2^nd, #4^th, #5^th, and #6^th(?) passing notes – Give it a #2^nd and b6^th note to modulate to Seghiah, and then use passing notes #4^th, and b2^nd (above the ovtave) – Give it a b6^th note to modulate to Tabanahiotiko Is Similar to Hijaz, Roumaniko, and Harmonic Minor – Bb Major ~ C Roumaniko ~ D Hijaz ~ G Harmonic Minor – If you give it a #5^th and start 1 scale degree forward you get Roumaniko – If you give it a #5^th and start 2 scale degrees forward you get Hijaz – If you give it a #5^th and start 2 scale degrees back you get Harmonic Minor To Modulate to Hijazkiar, Nihavent, and Pireotikos – Bb Major ~ D Hijazkiar ~ G Nihavent ~ D Pireotikos – If you give it a #2^nd and #5^th and start 2 scale degrees forward you get Hijazkiar – If you give it a #2^nd and #5^th and start 2 scale degrees back you get Niavent – If you give it a #2^nd, #5^th, and #6^th and start 2 scale degrees forward you get Pireotikos To modulate to another root note within the same scale: – Bb Major ~ F Major ~ Eb Major – Give it a #4^th and start 3 scale degrees back to get Major with different root note but similar character – Give it a b7^th start 3 scale degrees forward to get Major with different root note but similar character

Modulation Suggestions: C# Major ð F Hijaz A Hijaz ð G Huzam/Rast ð D Hijaz D Hijaz ð Bb Major ð D Ussak C Major ð C Rast ð C Huzam C Rast ð C Seghiah
Modulation Possibilities: Bb Major ð F Major ð Eb Major C Major ð A Minor ð E Ussak ð D Dorian
C Major ð C Rast ð C Huzam ð C Segiah Bb Major ð C Roumaniko ð D Hijaz ð G Harmonic Minor Bb Major ð D Hijazkiar ð G Nihavent ð D Pireotikos

Descriptions of each mode of the Major Scale:

1. Ionian - Very clean sounding, almost to the point of sounding sterile. Your Grandma would love this one.
2. Dorian - Can sound smooth and soulful or hip and bluesy, depending on how you use it.
3. Phrygian - Has a very Middle-Eastern or Spanish sound.
4. Lydian - Very clean, like Ionian, but the #4 gives it a more spacey, unresolved quality.
5. Mixolydian - "Funky" or "folksy", depending on how it's used. Has been used for everything; old sea chanteys, to '70s rock.
6. Aeolian - Dark and sad like those old cowboy songs, or tough and mean as used in a lot of heavy-rock songs.
7. Locrian - The real ear-twister of the bunch. Can sound Spanish like Phrygian, but much darker and more unresolved.

Major Scale Makam - 101011
Makam:	Pattern