hunger!
In other words, choose any note from a scale, and you've got a mode.
Modes based on C major (the only scale that has all white keys on the piano) follows.
C D E F G A B C
Ionian Mode (This is the normal major scale you already know)
D E F G A B C D
Dorian Mode (similar to the minor scale, only it has a sharpened sixth note) .
E F G A B C D E
Phrygian Mode (the name itself gives you the chills! This is also similar to the minor scale, but it has a flattened second.)
F G A B C D E F
Lydian Mode (this is similar to the major scale with a sharpened fourth)
G A B C D E F G
Mixolydian Mode (Erik likes this one because it's the tuning for a bagpipe. It's also a scale used in blues songs.)
A B C D E F G A
Aeolian Mode (This is the minor scale you've already seen.)
B C D E F G A B
Locrian Mode (This is a rarely used scale in music because of the interval between the first and the diminished (flattened) fifth.
