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Confusion on modes
All modes contain the same repeating sequence of 7 pitch classes. The only difference is where in the sequence you start.
do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do = Ionian (major)
re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do-re = Dorian
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Confusion on modes
Here's what the other answers miss:
It's unnecessarily complicated to think of modes as scales that you build.
Modes, like most other scales, indicate tonal relationships. Unlike other scales, in ...
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Confusion on modes
Being told by the app that a mode 'has one sharp', or 'has two flats' in itself is pretty useless. Unless it also highlights which number notes are affected.
It's not like 'there's a major key with ...
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Is there a common name for the scale [0 2 4 5 7 8 10] (C D E F G Ab Bb C)?
Make your choice, depending on the root note you want:
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Confusion on modes
I find it helpful to think of the pitches as "raised" and "lowered" to avoid confusion. So Lydian, for example, has one raised pitch compared to major. The actual note name could ...
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Confusion on modes
It's common to describe modes (or any seven-note scales) by how they compare to the major scale- major is sort of the "default" scale in western music and music theory.
Lydian has one sharp ...
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How come scales that differ in their ascent and descent tend to use raised notes going up and lowered notes going down regardless of musical culture?
I think you're unlikely to find the kind of answer you're looking for.
"Ancient" scales, like those found in Arabic or Indian music — or, say, ancient Greece — are most likely justified (by ...
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How come scales that differ in their ascent and descent tend to use raised notes going up and lowered notes going down regardless of musical culture?
Well, up is up and down is down! It seems natural to push up when ascending, down when descending. Doesn't it?
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Modes by ear tips and tricks
Check out this question: Does this progression through the modes have a name?
To get familiarity with the modes, don't just play piano white notes C-C then D-D then E-E and so on. Because if you do ...
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Are there any scales (in any musical culture) that can contain non-fixed members (ones that can be sharped or flattened at will)?
A scale, by definition, is fixed. But there's this thing called 'chromatic notes'. A jazz player may interpret the chord 'C major' by basically using notes of the C major scale, but making frequent ...
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Modes by ear tips and tricks
Just get into it! Play each mode, as a scale, and get used to playing in each mode - visiting the root of each often as you play, with the root chord involved too.
You've uncovered Dorian - used a ...
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Are there any scales (in any musical culture) that can contain non-fixed members (ones that can be sharped or flattened at will)?
I would be willing to bet that there are many throughout different cultures but what immediately comes to mind for me is the way I sometimes improvise over blues. I use an unofficial composite scale ...
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Modes by ear tips and tricks
You can probably recognize the modes as "major-ish" or "minor-ish". Then you can recognize specific modes by how they differ from the regular "major" and "minor&...
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