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Suppose I wanted to
play a song in the key of C-Ionian, I'll first look under the
"Ionian" column for C...and then write out the C-Ionian scale
(I've highlighted it in yellow in the chart above). Also, remember
to start on the C, since this is a C-Ionian song:
C - D
- E - F - G - A - B
Next I'll make a list
of all chords in this scale...
|
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
A |
B |
|
(Major) |
(Minor) |
(Minor) |
(Major) |
(Major -
Dom7) |
(Minor) |
(Minor -
Dim5) |
|
I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
VI |
VII |
So we have determined
that in the key of C-Ionian, we have the following chords:
- C major
- D minor
- E minor
- F major
- G dom7
- A minor
- B dim
Now just use any chord
progression. As an example let's incorporate the following common
chord progression:
I - III - IV - I - IV - I -
V - I
...this will give
us...
Cmajor
- Eminor - Fmajor - Cmajor -
Fmajor - Cmajor - Gdom7 - Cmajor
AND
THERE IS YOUR SONG IN THE KEY OF C-IONIAN!!!
If you
want to solo over it, then just use the C-Major scale since "Ionian"
is just another name for major (since it is the FIRST mode of the
major scale)...so basically solo over the above chord progression
using the Ionian (also known as Major scale!
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