Drop C Fretboard Diagrams for Major Scale Modes

This guide provides fretboard diagrams for the following scales, based on each of the twelve notes of the:

• Ionian Mode (First Mode of Major)
• Dorian Mode (Second Mode of Major)
• Phrygian Mode (Third Mode of Major)
• Lydian Mode (Fourth Mode of Major)
• Mixolydian Mode (Fifth Mode of Major)
• Aeolian Mode (Sixth Mode of Major)
• Locrian Mode (Seventh Mode of Major)

Each of the seven-note scales lists the notes within it, the chords that are made from those notes, a 24-frets fretboard, and the notes of each diatonic chord, as shown in the image on page 11. Note: For the scales that have the same number of alterations (six sharps or six flats), both enharmonic scales are provided; otherwise, only the scale with less alterations is provided.

This guide provides no music theory, just the diagrams with the notes within the scale, so you can glance at the fretboard while improvising or composing new music.