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Is this piece of renaissance music really in the locrian mode?
A fifteenth-century dance manual contains this piece of music:
which appears to be (uncharacteristically) in the locrian mode. Is it really, or am I mis-reading? Does anybody know of other music ...
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What are modes and how are they useful?
I'm a self-taught guitarist with zero to little experience in music theory. After marrying a violinist I found that there's a lot to music theory that I know tribally but don't understand the ...
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What is the difference between a mode and a scale?
I can't seem to find a straight definition for both.
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Do different modes have the same cadence structure?
In major and minor keys, the perfect cadence is V to I
Will this structure remain the same in a different mode?
I.e. E Phrygian Mode in the key of C (E F G A B C D), the tonic chord is the iii of ...
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Why does the Dorian mode on C have two flats?
I'm studying scale modes and I just found on Wikipedia that the Dorian mode on C has two flats...
Why is this? Because the Dorian mode is just the major scale (Ionian) starting from the second ...
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What are the modes derived from the C major scale?
I'd like for someone to explain the 7 modes derived from the C major scale.
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Using modes and static harmony
Edit: i know what modes are and how they are related to major scale..etc. question is about modal harmony and chord progression in modal harmony. not what is a mode and name of other modes..etc
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Determining modes in a minor Key
Speaking of Functional harmony; If a song is in key C, then we call the C major scale from E to E is a Phyrigan mode. Good, what if a song is in key Am, which is actually relative of C and also Am ...
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Confusing passage from The Study of Counterpoint [duplicate]
Here is the passage:
Joseph: I wanted to write a sixth here. But when I studied singing, I learned that fa leads down and mi leads up. Since the progression moves upward from the sixth into a third I ...
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Are modes and scales the same? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between a mode and a scale?
Are modes and scales not the same? If not, how are modes different from scales?
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Mathematical basis for Ionian mode as most natural? [duplicate]
I realize that there is a mathematical basis for the seven-tone scale because of overtones. However, is there any mathematical basis for the Ionian mode as being the "most natural", as opposed to the ...
