1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
One letter for each of the seven notes. By assuming this information,
we can now label the other scales and have something to relate it to.
I will explain further below.
The 7 modal formulas are :
| IONIAN - 0 sharps, 0 flats | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| DORIAN - 2 flats | 1 | 2 | b3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | b7 | 1 |
| PHRYGIAN - 4 flats | 1 | b2 | b3 | 4 | 5 | b6 | b7 | 1 |
| LYDIAN - 1 sharp | 1 | 2 | 3 | #4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| MIXOLYDIAN - 1 flat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | b7 | 1 |
| AEOLIAN - 3 flats | 1 | 2 | b3 | 4 | 5 | b6 | b7 | 1 |
| LOCRIAN - 5 flats | 1 | b2 | b3 | 4 | b5 | b6 | b7 | 1 |
What this means is that to get dorian (which has two flats) you would
take ionian and just flat the 3rd and 7th notes. This is because it
will be all of the exact same notes as ionian EXCEPT for the 3rd and
the 7th, as the chart above shows.
