Scale Modes (audio)

Ionian Mode on C

Dorian Mode on D

Phrygian Mode on E

Lydian Mode on F

Mixolydian Mode on G

Aeolian Mode on A

Locrian Mode on B

Below are the modes of the C major scale played for 2 octaves ascending and descending. Putting it another way, they are the C major scale starting and finishing on the notes stated.

Below are the modes of the C Major Pentatonic scale played for one octave ascending and descending. Mode 5 is the A Minor  Pentatonic scale in its root position.

C Major Pentatonic (mode 1) Root

C Major Pentatonic (mode 2)

C Major Pentatonic (mode 3)

C Major Pentatonic (mode 4)

C Major Pentatonic (mode 5)