Musical Modes (Church Modes) Worksheet

This is a one page, colorful worksheet designed to help students write and practice modes. In music, modes are types of scales that start on different notes (scale degrees) within a given key signature. The 7 modes are Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian.

For this worksheet the teacher will choose a key signature, and the student will fill in the blank at the top of the page before the word "Major". This blank allows the worksheet to be used multiple times for various keys.

Students are to write in the mode using letters and appropriate accidentals.

The answers for the key of C Major are as follows:

Ionian - C D E F G A B C

Dorian - D E F G A B C D

Phrygian - E F G A B C D E

Lydian - F G A B C D E F

Mixolydian - G A B C E D F G

Aeolian - A B C D E F G A

Locrian - B C D E F G A B