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This is a digital print of all major modes. A modal scale is a displaced scale starting from any scale degree of a scale. This makes different intervals that defines the different modal scales. The Ionian mode is the same as the major scale. I.e. the scale built from the 1st degree of the major scale is a major scale (or an Ionian mode). Similarly, the scale built from the 6th degree of a major scale is a natural minor scale (or an Aeolian mode).

This poster or cheat sheet (if you print it in a smaller size) will help you learn all modal scales built from the different scale degrees of the major scale.