F# Ionian

mode

At a Glance

Piano

Fretboard

What It Is

The major scale under a different name - degree 1 of the major scale. Notes: F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E#.

The brightest, most tonally stable mode; the major-key default.

Bright and stable - the plain 'happy' baseline every other mode gets compared against.

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