not counting ionian, aeolian and locrian.
for example, iv noticed that in analyzing certain songs in the lydian mode, a common cadence seems to be the I chord followed by the II chord (sometimes with the root of I as a note in the bass)
are there any other frequent chord changes in the modes of dorian, mixolydian, lydian and phrygian?
im only asking because im trying to find how to bring out the "sound" of each mode, because its difficult to get away from the "sound" of the major and minor scale when improvising The best way to emphasize modal scales is to utilize the root and "color" notes of each mode. For example:
C Lydian: C D E F# G A B
To make this scale sound like C Lydian rather than G major, avoid any typical note patterns with F# G A B. If you do go from F#-G, go back down to C or E as soon as possible to avoid leading-tone function in G major.
Another example:
D Dorian: D E F G A B C
In order to make this not sound like D natural minor, use that B-natural a lot. That is the note that makes the Dorian scale sound "Dorian" rather than just in the minor mode. Not sure |
