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C Mode 4 (Messiaen M4)

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No 3 C Mode 4 (Messiaen M4)

Notes: C Db D F F# G Ab B 1 – b2 – 2 – 4 – #4 – 5 – b6 – 7

C Mode 4 (Messiaen M4) scale, full-neck fretboard diagram, Fretly rendering

Used in Example 3: intervallic structure and unusual voicings found in C Mode 3 and C and Eb Mode 4, and an example of using various scales to create modulations.

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Backing tracks

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C Mode 4 (Messiaen M4) scale circle diagram, Fretly rendering

Triads

Csus2C, D, G Csus4C, F, G DbDb, F, Ab Dbsus4Db, Gb, Ab DdimD, F, Ab FmF, Ab, C FdimF, Ab, B Fsus2F, G, C Gbsus2Gb, Ab, Db Gbsus4Gb, B, Db GG, B, D Gsus4G, C, D AbdimAb, B, D BmB, D, F# BdimB, D, F Bsus2B, C#, F#

Seventh chords

Cmaj7sus4C, F, G, B Dbmaj7Db, F, Ab, C Db7Db, F, Ab, B Db7b5Db, F, G, B Dbmaj7b5Db, F, G, C Db7sus4Db, Gb, Ab, B Dbmaj7sus4Db, Gb, Ab, C Dm7b5D, F, Ab, C Ddim7D, F, Ab, B D7b5D, F#, Ab, C Dmaj7b5D, F#, Ab, C# Fdim7F, Ab, B, D Fm6F, Ab, C, D Gbmaj7sus4Gb, B, Db, F Gmaj7G, B, D, F# G7G, B, D, F G7b5G, B, Db, F Gmaj7b5G, B, Db, F#

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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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