Major Scale Ascending Formula in reverse direction
I Know that major scale ascending formula is TTSTTTS (T-tone, S- semitone)
Using This we can find G major notes and those will be in the order GABCDEF#G (from left to right on keyboard)
So my question is what if we use the same formula to find G major notes but in reverse direction (from right to left on keyboard)
In this way Notes came out to be GFEbDCBbAbG
So does this mean anything if use this formula in the above way?
I hope U get my pt.
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The procedure you describe of running the steps (intervals) backwards can be called an inversion. The resulting notes of the inverted major scale make the phrygian mode. So you can say the inversion of the major scale is the phrygian mode.
You can do other inversions. For example, major chord inverted becomes a minor chord.
Interesting theory! What you end up with is the major scale notes of Eb, with its 3 flats of Bb Eb and Ab. Except that doing it your way, starting on G, actually produces a mode of Eb called G Phrygian.
The concept of scales is that they are more easily considered as cycles rather than linear - as in when you get back to the start note, the cycle starts again. True, on a keyboard, the notes are laid ouy in a linear fashion, but name wise it's cyclic.
Modes, if they're new to you, are the same notes as a major scale (thus TTSTTTS), but the seven modes start on each of the different major scale notes. So - Dorian (the 2nd mode) starts on the second note, therefore the pattern is TSTTTST.
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