The ‘happiest’ sounding of the modes, the Ionian is identical to the major scale, so it’s highly likely you’re already ...

modulating to the relative major key of E♭ major for the chorus and then modulating back to C minor. The melodic minor scale is a minor scale with both the sixth and seventh notes raised by half ...

rather than playing notes from a scale. I’ve chosen the D shape in the key of A major here. First, I’m sliding up to those ...

Harmonic minors use the relative major key signature and raise the seventh note of the scale. For example, in A harmonic minor there are no sharps or flats other than the raised seventh of G#.