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Quiz 14 Answers
A.
1. A scale is collection of pitches arranged in order from lowest to highest or from highest to lowest.
2. A mode is a displaced scale
3. A mode and a scale are essentially the same, both fit into definition 1 above. The distinction is therefore more of Historical nature, reflecting a usage of 2000 years.
(The name "major scale" is only a few hundred years old. The original "Ionian mode" was not particularly favoured by composers and musicians in the past. Only its suitability for the development of Western harmonised music brought it to prominence and set it aside from the other modes.)
B.
1. The raised 4th in the mode.
2. Ionian mode (major scale) and Aeolian mode (natural minor scale).
3. They both have a semitone step between the tonic and the 2nd note of the mode.
C.
From which major scales are the following Locrian modes derived ?
| For C = C D E F# G A B C | For G = G A B C# D E F# G |
| For D = D E F# G# A B C# D | For A = A B C# D# E F# G# A |
| For E = E F# G# A# B C# D# E | For B = B C# D# E# F# G# A# B |
| For F# = F# G# A# B# C# D# E# F# | For Db = Db Eb F G Ab Bb C Db |
| For Ab = Ab Bb C D Eb F G Ab | For Eb = Eb F G A Bb C D Eb |
| For Bb = Bb C D E F G A Bb | For F = F G A B C D E F |