(Occasionally spelt “Lochrian” by awkward people) The modern Locrian is interesting. It exists more as a theoretical entity, but derived just the same as the other modes. It’s very seldom used in music, as there’s not much in it that listeners want to hear, but it does exist and can be applied nonetheless. Moreover, if … Continue reading The Locrian Mode
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The Mixolydian Mode
Mixolydian is the fifth mode of the Major Scale. It's often referred to as the Dominant Scale, because it is built upon the 5th degree of the major scale. That’s also where we get the name for Dominant chords, which are a major triad with a flattened 7. And that’s all there is to it, if we take … Continue reading The Mixolydian Mode
The Lydian Mode
Welcome back to the modes, today we’re focusing on Lydian, the fourth mode of the Major scale. Lydian is essentially a major scale so we’ll start off with that formula, this time in F. R 2 3 4 5 6 7 F G A Bb … Continue reading The Lydian Mode
The Phrygian Mode
Today we’re looking at the 3rd mode of the Major Scale - the Phrygian Mode. Phrygian is a minor scale, so lets start with that formula. Here’s E Minor R 2 m3 4 5 m6 m7 E F# G A B C D The … Continue reading The Phrygian Mode
The Dorian Mode
In this lesson I’m going to go over the 2nd mode of the Major Scale: The Dorian Mode. The Dorian mode most closely resembles the Natural Minor Scale, so we’ll start with that, here is the D Natural Minor Scale. R 2 m3 4 5 m6 m7 D E … Continue reading The Dorian Mode
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