Modes and Modern Scales through Guitar Repertoire
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You might be wondering why something as old as the musical modes would make it onto the same stream as “modern” scales. In the early 20th century, composers sought out various ways to escape the trends of the late 19th century by looking back as far as they could to Ancient Greece. This is how the diatonic modes became “repopularized” amongst composers and why we find so much of it in modern music written for the guitar. On a different side of the same story is the creation of “modern” scales (also called “synthetic scales”) by composers looking to branch out and explore new sonic territories.
In this stream, we will learn exactly how to identify these scales along with listening and studying examples pulled from guitar repertoire to build familiarity with their characters. Join me, theory-loving buddies! See you all then :)
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In my theory class I was having trouble understanding how the modes sounded do I experimented with Twinkle Little Star. On s keyboard start on C and play 1155665. 4433221
Them move to D and play the same sequence. White keys only. Keep going up. Although you can’t hear mixolydian since the 7 isn’t played. instructive to hear how the tune sounds in different modes.
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You constructed modes on the notes of the C Major scale (C Ionian, D Dorian, etc). I think these are called the relative modes of the C Major scale (Like Am is called the relative minor of C Major) and they are also called the diatonic modes of C. Is this correct?
We can also construct the same modes on the note C (C Ionian, C Dorian, etc). I think these are called the parallel modes of the C Major scale (like the Cm is the parallel minor of C Major) or perhaps the chromatic modes on C. Is that correct?
Are there other ways to refer to these modes and their relationships? When would the various ways of referring to them be correct?
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Hi Ashley, great lesson
, I don't understand English well and I have to review the video many times
, I wanted to ask you if you can post or tell me where I can find the score: Modes & Moods?
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