notfunny63
09-20-2005, 01:12 AM
This isnt really a lesson just trying to show you something thats on cyberfret that a lot of people must miss. I see a lot of people asking for different scales for different songs and certain modes for certain songs but in all truth they are the same scale it just where you stress the different parts that makes them different. The thing most of us don't really know is, what part do we stress and i just like to post a link or two to cyberfret where it shows you exactly that.
http://www.cyberfret.com/theory/modes/101/page8.php
http://www.cyberfret.com/theory/modes/101/page8.php
Writing something in a mode has less to do with chord progressions, than it does with just establishing a color, a mood....a mode.
In order to establish the sound of a mode you will need to.
a) Emphasize the root of the scale, make that note feel like home.
b) Emphasize the 3rd degree of the scale, this will give the mode it's major or minor quality.
c) Emphasize the characteristic note, this is the note that gives a particular mode it's flavor in relationship to the other modes in it's category.
Modal harmony is not usually as active as harmony in a standard major or minor key. In the simplest sense you just play a few chord that give the color of that mode. This means the root chord, and the chords that contain the characteristic note. Other chords can be used, but the main thing is not to make your chord progression sound like any other mode. Since all of the relative modes contain the same notes and chords, you need to be very careful about this. If you stray too far from the root chord and the characteristic chords, you may get sucked into the sound of another mode.
Here are the relative modes of C major with the tonic chord, and the characteristic chords of that mode.
C Ionian - a difficult mode to make sound like a mode.
D Dorian - Dm (Em, G)....characteristic note is B(6)
E Phrygian - Em (Dm, F)....characteristic note is F(b2)
F Lydian - F (Em, G)....characteristic note is B(#4)
G Mixolydian - G (F, Dm)....characteristic note is F(b7)
A Aeolian - Am (Dm, F)....characteristic note is F(b6)
Here are what those chords would be with all of the modes build from the root of C.
C Ionian - a difficult mode to make sound like a mode.
C Dorian - Cm (Dm, F)....characteristic note is A(6)
C Phrygian - Cm (Bbm, Db)....characteristic note is Db(b2)
C Lydian - C (Bm, D)....characteristic note is F#(#4)
C Mixolydian - C (Bb, Gm)....characteristic note is Bb(b7)
C Aeolian - Cm (Fm, Ab)....characteristic note is Ab(b6)
It took me a long time of browsing this site to find that but imo it was VERY helpful and i just foolishly overlooked it, i hope it can help you guys out.... and thanks shawn for writing that and many other superb lessons.
http://www.cyberfret.com/theory/modes/101/page8.php
http://www.cyberfret.com/theory/modes/101/page8.php
Writing something in a mode has less to do with chord progressions, than it does with just establishing a color, a mood....a mode.
In order to establish the sound of a mode you will need to.
a) Emphasize the root of the scale, make that note feel like home.
b) Emphasize the 3rd degree of the scale, this will give the mode it's major or minor quality.
c) Emphasize the characteristic note, this is the note that gives a particular mode it's flavor in relationship to the other modes in it's category.
Modal harmony is not usually as active as harmony in a standard major or minor key. In the simplest sense you just play a few chord that give the color of that mode. This means the root chord, and the chords that contain the characteristic note. Other chords can be used, but the main thing is not to make your chord progression sound like any other mode. Since all of the relative modes contain the same notes and chords, you need to be very careful about this. If you stray too far from the root chord and the characteristic chords, you may get sucked into the sound of another mode.
Here are the relative modes of C major with the tonic chord, and the characteristic chords of that mode.
C Ionian - a difficult mode to make sound like a mode.
D Dorian - Dm (Em, G)....characteristic note is B(6)
E Phrygian - Em (Dm, F)....characteristic note is F(b2)
F Lydian - F (Em, G)....characteristic note is B(#4)
G Mixolydian - G (F, Dm)....characteristic note is F(b7)
A Aeolian - Am (Dm, F)....characteristic note is F(b6)
Here are what those chords would be with all of the modes build from the root of C.
C Ionian - a difficult mode to make sound like a mode.
C Dorian - Cm (Dm, F)....characteristic note is A(6)
C Phrygian - Cm (Bbm, Db)....characteristic note is Db(b2)
C Lydian - C (Bm, D)....characteristic note is F#(#4)
C Mixolydian - C (Bb, Gm)....characteristic note is Bb(b7)
C Aeolian - Cm (Fm, Ab)....characteristic note is Ab(b6)
It took me a long time of browsing this site to find that but imo it was VERY helpful and i just foolishly overlooked it, i hope it can help you guys out.... and thanks shawn for writing that and many other superb lessons.