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Summary: Learn how to play different scales and modes in the key of A in this free video on jazz music theory - ionian scale.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"So now I'm going to do a introduction into the A modes of A major and they add Ionian as the first mode which is a major mode itself. But as we go through we have aeolian, Ionian and we have Dorian, phrygian, Lydian, mixolydian, locrian. So we are going to go through and do all these modes as they pertain to the root of A so when we do A phrygian it would be in the 3rd mode of F major and we have this nice dark A sound. So sit through all your modes as they pertain to the root of A."
eHow Article: Modes with Root A: Ionian