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Avoid Notes For Modes of The Major Scale: Scale Degree Chord Mode Avoid Note Available Tensions

The document outlines avoid notes for different musical modes. It provides the scale degree, corresponding chord, mode, avoid note to use caution with, and available tensions for the modes of the major scale, melodic minor scale, and harmonic minor scale. The avoid notes are scale steps that create dissonance within each mode.

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Avoid Notes For Modes of The Major Scale: Scale Degree Chord Mode Avoid Note Available Tensions

The document outlines avoid notes for different musical modes. It provides the scale degree, corresponding chord, mode, avoid note to use caution with, and available tensions for the modes of the major scale, melodic minor scale, and harmonic minor scale. The avoid notes are scale steps that create dissonance within each mode.

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Avoid notes for modes of the major scale

Scale degree Chord Mode Avoid note Available tensions

1 Cmaj7 Ionian Fourth scale step, F 9, 13

2 Dm7 Dorian Sixth scale step, B 9, 11

3 Em7 Phrygian Second and sixth scale steps, F and C 11

4 Fmaj7 Lydian No avoid note 9, ♯11, 13

5 G7 Mixolydian Fourth scale step, C 9, 13

6 Am7 Aeolian Sixth scale step, F 9, 11

7 Bø7 Locrian Second scale step, C 11, ♭13

Avoid notes for modes of the melodic minor scale


Scale degree Chord Mode Avoid note Available tensions

No avoid
1 CmΔ Ionian, ♭3 9, 11, 13
note

No avoid
2 Dm7 Dorian, ♭2 11, 13
notes

Sixth scale
3 E♭augΔ Lydian #5 9, ♯11
step, C

No avoid
4 F7 Lydian, ♭7 9, ♯11, 13
note

Fourth step
5 G7 Mixolydian ♭6 9, 11
C

No avoid
6 Am7/♭5 Locrian, ♯2 9, 11, ♭13
note

No avoid (usually played as


7 Bm7/♭5 Super Locrian
note altered dominant)
Avoid notes for modes of the Harmonic minor scale

Available
Scale degree Chord Mode Avoid note
tensions

Harmonic No avoid
1 CmΔ 9, 11, 13
minor note

Mixolydian Second scale


5 G7 #5 b9 11, 13
b2 b6 step, E♭

Note: The Symmetrical, whole-tone and the diminished scales have no avoid notes.

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