I understand the differences in intervals, well for the most part there's probably something I don't know but regardless. I'm assuming that I could find the modes of the Harmonic minor scale by just playing through starting on the second note, ect. Is there a Harmonic Major Scale then? and how many steps from the root of the minor scale is it, or visa versa, if it makes a difference.

Each new piece of information leads to ten more questions. But its fun to learn about at least.

Anybody got any good ideas for improving my ear. Its gotten a lot better but I've never really done any exercises. Does simply learning songs by ear help? probably, if anyone has a more effective method please enlighten me. Thanks for all our help zreynoldsp. And to everyone else, I've had a membership for a while and never planned on posting just looking at lessons and such but this has been a big help lately as I feel as though I've hit a wall. Thanks again.