Modes lab

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Pick a root and a mode. The notes light up, and Play mode sounds them one per beat. The written modes are on Modes.

Build & hear a mode

Pick a root and a mode — the keyboard lights up its notes and the details appear below. Press Play mode to hear it (one note per beat at the metronome's tempo — set the BPM in the bar pinned at the bottom). Comparing modes from the same root is the fastest way to feel the difference.