Every mode, every key

The seven modes of the major scale, mapped across the guitar neck in all twelve keys — with the notes, the chords that live inside each one, and a drone to improvise over. Pick a key; the page shows you the map, and the app listens while you play it. New to modes? Start with the guides.

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Ionian

Ionian is the plain major scale — the resolved, "everything is fine" sound that most Western music treats as home.

Dorian

Dorian is a minor scale with one note lifted: the 6th is major instead of minor, which turns "sad" into "cool".

Phrygian

Phrygian is a minor scale with the note directly above home pushed down a semitone — instant darkness.

Lydian

Lydian is the major scale with the 4th raised a semitone — major, but floating instead of grounded.

Mixolydian

Mixolydian is the major scale with the 7th lowered — bright on top, bluesy underneath.

Aeolian

Aeolian is the natural minor scale — the plain sad one, the shadow twin of the major scale.

Locrian

Locrian is the unstable one: both the 2nd and the 5th are flattened, so home itself is a diminished chord that never feels settled.