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by rdataguy 22 days ago
And you should add that it also teaches modes, which are counterintuitive and with dumb hard-to-remember names. Cool app, good job!
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Modes are easy once you realize they're all just major scales with a different starting note.

C Major starting and ending on D is D Dorian.

C Major starting and ending on E is E Phrygian.

Etc.

Unfortunately, it's the kind of arbitrary jargon that put off n00bs.
If you're studying modes you will have to have already learned most of these words. Modes are a more advanced concept but become easier when you compare them to something you already know (major scales).
Yeah! I came across a book that was literally just fingering charts for all these scales in all the keys and I was like, wait a second, this is dumb...