Don't know your major 6th from your minor 7th? We're here to help! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In part 8 in this series of ...

Play these notes starting on C and you're playing the C major scale (also known as the Ionian mode – the 'first' mode). Start on D and you're playing the second mode (D Dorian, as it happens). By the ...