NOTE: *Now that's I've read the above posts better, I realize this is not what you wanted, but you may find it interesting anyway

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If you want to know if there's one way to find the pattern for each one based on a string of notes, the answer is yes. *For instance, take the notes of the C major scale
CDEFGABC is C Major
DEFGABCD is D Dorian
EFGABCDE is something I can't remember (I'm at work)
FGABCDEF is F Lydian
GABCDEFG is G Mixolydian
ABCDEFGA is A Minor
BCDEFGAB is something else I can't remember
but the basic idea here is that the notes of one Major scale make up the notes of the 2nd note's Dorian Scale. *So I wanted all the scales and for some reason only knew C Major, I could start at A and find all the notes in the A Minor pattern. *Is this what you wanted?
(Edited by jem7vwh at 7:13 pm on April 24, 2001)