The Aeolian Mode

The Aeolian mode is the 6th mode of the major scale. Being minor in nature (i.e. the 1st, 3rd and 5th degrees of the Aeolian mode form a minor chord) it is often called the natural minor scale.

In the key of C it is: C,D,Eb,F,G,Ab,Bb,C
It can be thought of as the Eb Major scale(Eb,F,G,Ab,Bb,C,D,Eb) starting on the 6th- or, as a C major scale with the 3rd, 6th and 7th degrees lowered (b3,b6,b7).

To bring out the sound of this mode, we use the IV and V chords of the relative major key and keep the root note of the mode in the bass. The resulting chord progression is and Ab triad to a Bb triad with C in the bass.

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