Originally posted by griphon2


Play a major scale from:

Ionian - Root (for G play Gmaj scale) I

Dorian - b7 or whole step down from root (for G play Fmaj scale) ii

Phyrgian -m6 above the root (M3 below the root) (for G play Ebmaj scale) iii

Lydian -5th above the root (for G play Dmaj scale) IV

Mixolydian - 4th above the root (for G play Cmaj scale) V

Aeolian - m3 above the root (M6 below the root) (for G play Bbmaj scale) vi

Locrian -1/2 step above the root (for G play Abmaj scale) vii

Good explaination on the tonalities of scales and how they relate. I'm following you on what your saying, but I don't see where practicing one scale is gonna help learn another scales meaning. I'm going to take the Mixolydian as an example. So to play a G mixolydian scale, you can play a C Major scale. Now they are the same notes, but the root is different. The root is the most important note in a scale, so that may cause confusion. When you wanna practice a scale, I think your should start on the lowest root note and work your way up to the highest root note, then back down. So you would be learning the C major scale, not the G mixolydian?? The root is what makes a scale, your understanding and how it works with the music. So G should be undertsood as the root, not C. I do see where your coming from, but you could be missing a valuable thing, the understanding of the root of those modes.