Am I doing this right?

[43mlb34]

I bought a book on music theory today and I am wondering if I am doing this right. I am trying to find what notes make up the Aeolian Mode in a #G Major scale.

So the #G Major Scale would consist of: #G-#A-C-#C-#D-F-G
And the Aeolian Mode found in this would be: F-G-#G-#A-#C-#D-F

The book says: It can be thought of as starting on the Sixth note of the related major scale.

So am I correct?

[ckatrun411]

mate your confusing yourself slightly... aeolian would be the natural minor scale...

[ckatrun411]

it gets very very confusing, but least to say, there are twelve modes, that stem from 8, some are variations on major, and some make up 4 minor scales...


but its a shitload to type...


but least to say the 8 were hundreds of years ago. so you might not even want to worry about that...

[Nikolas]

So the #G Major Scale would consist of: #G-#A-C-#C-#D-F-G

Actually no, it wouldn't

major and minor scales have ALL notes in, you are missing B And in addition G# maj, should have double sharps (which are notated like an x) so it's a nono. Why not take Ab instead? Same note, enharmonic spelling!

Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab

rather easy...

And the Aeolian Mode found in this would be: F-G-#G-#A-#C-#D-F

Actually the aeolian Mode of G# would be E# not F, which would result in chaos.

but in Ab, the Aeolian (natural minor that is), is the F minor:

F G Ab Bb C Db Eb (or E if you want the harmonic minor) F

The book says: It can be thought of as starting on the Sixth note of the related major scale.

Indeed, if you have made your major scale right...

Hope it helps

[43mlb34]

Alright guys what you said makes sense. Thanks a lot.

[selfcataclysm]

Just in case you still wanted an answer to your original question, G# Major would be...
G# A# B# C# D# E# Fx

And so the Aeolian mode in the key of G# would be

E# Fx G# A# B# C# D#

[jancivil]

I bought a book on music theory today and I am wondering if I am doing this right. I am trying to find what notes make up the Aeolian Mode in a #G Major scale.

So the #G Major Scale would consist of: #G-#A-C-#C-#D-F-G
And the Aeolian Mode found in this would be: F-G-#G-#A-#C-#D-F

The book says: It can be thought of as starting on the Sixth note of the related major scale.

So am I correct?

with the key signature of G#, the aeolian acale begins on E# (which differs from 'f' as a spelling convention of tonal music, which may not be so crucial in actual modal usage):

E# Fx (F double sharp, aka in 12ET: 'G natural) G# A# B# C# D# e#

so you left out the sixth degree of that mode, B# or C natural.

by way of correct spelling (and btw, key of 'G#' isn't commonly used *as a key* as it must include a double sharp in its key signature, which is unconventional for a number of reasons, such as engraving problems), it may be less unwieldy to think in terms of Ab major and F aeolian.

[F G Ab Bb C Db Eb f]

[Marc Schonbrun]

Which theory book was this?
I hate to pimp, but I wrote a pretty friendly Music Theory book: The Everything Music Theory Book