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C Mode 3 (Messiaen M3)

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No 2 C Mode 3 (Messiaen M3)

Notes: C D Eb E F# G Ab Bb B 1 – 2 – b3 – 3 – #4 – 5 – b6 – b7 – 7

C Mode 3 (Messiaen M3) scale, full-neck fretboard diagram, Fretly rendering

Used in Example 2: the whole progression is functional to C Mode 3 and can be viewed that way when improvising over it. In C Mode 3 you can find the voicing C–B–Eb–E: a Cm(maj7) with an added major third, or a Cmaj7 with an added minor third (a #9).

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Backing tracks

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C Mode 3 (Messiaen M3) scale circle diagram, Fretly rendering

Triads

CC, E, G CmC, Eb, G CdimC, Eb, Gb C+C, E, G# Csus2C, D, G D+D, F#, A# EbEb, G, Bb EbmEb, Gb, Bb Eb+Eb, G, B Ebsus4Eb, Ab, Bb EE, G#, B EmE, G, B EdimE, G, Bb E+E, G#, C Esus2E, F#, B Gb+Gb, Bb, D GG, B, D GmG, Bb, D

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Seventh chords

Cmaj7C, E, G, B C7C, E, G, Bb Cm7C, Eb, G, Bb Cm7b5C, Eb, Gb, Bb CmMaj7C, Eb, G, B C7#5C, E, G#, Bb Cmaj7#5C, E, G#, B C7b5C, E, Gb, Bb Cmaj7b5C, E, Gb, B D7#5D, F#, A#, C D7b5D, F#, Ab, C Ebmaj7Eb, G, Bb, D EbmMaj7Eb, Gb, Bb, D Ebmaj7#5Eb, G, B, D Eb6Eb, G, Bb, C Ebm6Eb, Gb, Bb, C Ebmaj7sus4Eb, Ab, Bb, D Emaj7E, G#, B, D#

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This scale holds many more chords than these, with extensions, inversions and every voicing on the neck. Find them all in Fretly

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