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Ionian mode, in Western music, the melodic mode with a pitch series corresponding to that of the major scale.

The notes of the A Ionian scale are A B C# D E F# G#. It's key signature has 3 sharps.

The Ionian mode is the first of seven modes of the major scale. In fact, it's exactly the same as the major scale and is just another name for that scale.

The second mode of the major scale is the Dorian mode. Unlike the Ionian mode, the Dorian mode is a minor mode. As such, it has a more downbeat sound when compared with the Ionian mode.

Ionian is simply another name for the common Major scale. For instance, the notes of the C Ionian mode are the same as those of the C Major scale. Likewise, the notes of the G Ionian mode are the same as the G Major scale. Modes can also be characterized by their unique pattern of whole steps and half steps.

The contribution of Ionians to Greek culture was of major importance, including the Homeric epics and the earliest elegiac and iambic poetry. In the 6th century, Ionic rational thought dominated intellectual life, fostering the study of geography and nature and research into matter and the universe.

As mentioned above, the Ionian mode is a mode that shares all of the same pitches as the major scale. If we started on C, then its ascending scale would consist of C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and C.

The Ionian mode, also known as the major scale, is one of the most commonly used scales in western music. It is made up of seven notes, with a half step between the first and second notes, and between the fourth and fifth notes.

Unlike the austere and militaristic Dorians, the Ionians are renowned for their love of philosophy, art, democracy, and pleasure – Ionian traits that were most famously expressed by the Athenians.

[ ahy-oh-nee-uhn ] show ipa. adjective. of or relating to Ionia. of or relating to the branch of the Greek people named from Ion, their legendary founder.

Ionic is one of three column styles builders used in ancient Greece and the Ionic order is one of five classical orders of architecture. More slender and more ornate than the masculine Doric style, an Ionic column has scroll-shaped ornaments on the capital, which sits at the top of the column shaft.

In the classical period (5th-4th centuries BCE) the Ionians were considered one of the 4 main Greek tribes with a distinctive Greek dialect, spoken in Attica (in a further developed type), Euboea, the islands of the central Aegean Sea and the central part of the west coast of Asia Minor.