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Christoph
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Christoph
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10/05/2003 6:13 pm

Modes come from scales, not the other way around. A mode is what happens when you start the scale from any note other than the first tone. For instance, play a major scale starting from the second tone, and you get the Dorian mode.

Hope that helps, otherwise ask noticingthemistake for more.