Minor and Diminished Modes - Hands-Free Ear Training 18

Minor and Diminished Modes can have their first scale degree harmonized as either a minor chord (Dorian, Phrygian, and Aeolian) or diminished (Locrian.) The full playlist is available on my Patreon for 1$ with audio downloads, but will gradually be made available on this channel for free. See below for links and a listener's guide.
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Most of these modes are variations of the Natural Minor Scale, so you need to have the sound of that scale fully ingrained in your ears before you move on. The only exception is the Locrian Mode, which has a diminished chord as the tonic chord.
Dorian Mode - Identical to the Natural Minor Scale, but it does not have a flat 6. Jazz musicians like this mode because it gives them a minor 6 chord as the tonic chord to solo over. It has a bit more brightness than a natural minor scale. When you harmonize the scale, the big feature you get of the Dorian Mode is the Major IV chord.
Phrygian Mode - Identical to the Natural Minor Scale other than the flat 2nd scale degree. It is pretty unusual to have a flat 2 in the scale. The only other scale here that starts with a half step is the Locrian Mode, but that one should sound a little more unusual since it also has the flat 5.
Aeolian - Same as the Natural Minor Scale. Anyone who tells you it isn't is listening to too much Gregorian Chant.
Locrian Mode - I break my rule here by not imagining modes as "the Major Scale but starting on a different note". Because the Locrian Mode emphasizes the 7th scale degree of the Major scale, which has such a strong urge to resolve up to 1, I can't help but hear this mode as "the major scale, but ending on a wrong note." It will very much feel like it wants to resolve to a note other than the one that it's SUPPOSED to resolve to. It's for this reason that people simply don't use the mode very often.
For these examples, use the Natural Minor as your default and listen to which scale degrees are altered. If it sounds normal, it's Aeolian. If 6 is not flat, it's Dorian. If 2 is flat, it's either Phrygian or Locrian, but Locrian will sound less resolved.
Thanks to @BrandonWalid, Martin Shaw, Tóth Ákos, Austin Kwan, and Rafael Belor for proof-watching this video.
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