What Scales do Your favorite Artist Use most often?

[Daddy?!]

...basically major & minor scales are the same form, just starting from a different 'tonal center'. In other words, if you know the notes of a C Major scale, then you also know all the notes residing in an A minor scales. You just have to realized they are from the same family, but sometimes Dad (C Major) is calling the shots - that C is the most prevalent tone (all notes want to 'come back' to C. With A minor, Mom (A minor) is calling the shots - where A is the most prevalent tone (all notes want to 'come back' to A). This also explains the use of modes where what I've just stated is true, but the tonal center can be any 1 of the 7 different notes of the Major (or minor) scale, but again...the same chords used in C Major and/or A minor are used here, with the only difference being, the modal progression created leads you back to that modal center that was chosen.

i.e. - C Ionian (Major)
D Dorian
E Phrygian
F Lydian
G Mixolydian
A Aeolian (minor)
B Locrian

What each of these means is basically that a modal progression of E Phrygian uses chords from the key of C Major, only the chords chosen seem to point back to C Major and not E minor (which beginners/novices often make the mistake of determining the key as). The confusion lies in the progression having a strong pull towards an E flavor or even the chord E minor, but careful examination of all the chords will reveal that they are indeed from the C Major chord 'family'.

Hope this can help someone.