Text: The Aeolian Mode, and the Minor Scale are identical. The Aeolian Mode is created from notes of the Major Scale. Specificaly, Aeolian Mode uses the notes of the Major Scale, starting on the sixth note of the Major Scale. Example: If you have a C Major Scale (which contains the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C), to create a Aeolian Mode you would start on the sixth note (A). So, your new A Aeolian Mode would consist of the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A. The Minor Scale, it turns outs, is created by starting the Major Scale on it's sixth note. That is why the Minor Scale and the Aeolian Mode are equivalent. http://jrsmoots.com/lesson15.htm

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