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The Modal System

by John Falstrom

The Modal System is the "answer" to understanding what music theory is and also the "answer" to the definition of what the word "Key" is all about.

You should study/play/ and (eventually) memorize the modes for all 15 Major Keys and all 15 Relative Natural Minor Keys in Circle of Fifths order.