The Language of Modal Music.

MMJ2017 · Dec 20, 2017

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Modal music is a language that comes out of tonal music. instead of having a tonic home and dissonant dominant chord that everything else is related to, modal music allows for each mode of the major key to be its own entity. modal music allows for more complex feelings to be expressed and even for a more sparse type of musical structure to be made.
like with the language of tonal music, the language of MODAL music begins with the circle of fifths.

lets begin with C major KEY we have the notes C D E F G A B
this gives us 7 MODES. that in the language of MODAL music are each unique and express their own chord and their own melodies and harmonies.( in Tonal music you have I and V the rest are equivalents of those 2. in Modal music each one is unique and expresses its own flavor.)

1. IONIAN C D E F G A B C
2.DORIAN D E F G A B C D
3.PHRYGIAN E F G A B C D E
4. LYDIAN F G A B C D E F
5.MIXOLYDIAN G A B C D E F G
6.AEOLIAN A B C D E F G A
7. LOCRIAN B C D E F G A B.
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MMJ2017 said: ↑

In MODAL music , each one of these MODES can be used as the basis for a song or section of a song.
lets look now at the circle of fifths once more to learn how the circle of fifths teaches us the order of britness to darkness of each one of these MODES contained in the C major key.

starting from F we have FCGDAEB (clockwise around the circle)
LYDIAN is the brightest of the modes ,LOCRIAN is the darkest of the modes ( from major scale)from bright to dark

Lydian
Ionian
Mixolydian
Dorian
Aeolian
Phrygian
Locrian

lets begin with the MAJOR types of modes including some not in the major scale.we start with Ionian and modify our intervals from it as a starting basis. these modes basis are the 1,3,5,7

Ionian ---------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Lydian ---------- 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
Lydian AUG------1 2 3 #4 # 5 6 7
Ionian AUG ------1 2 3 4 #5 6 7
Major Pent-------1 2 3 5 6
Major blues.......1 2 -3 3 5 6
Augmented........1 #2 3 5 #5 7

Lets next look at our Minor types of modes these modes are based on 1,-3,-7 the modes will gradually get darker

Dorian...........1 2 -3 4 5 6 -7
Aeolian..........1 2 -3 4 5 -6 -7
Phrygian.........1 -2 -3 4 5 -6 -7
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Locrian...........1 -2 -3 4 -5 -6 -7
Tonic Diminished.1 2 -3 4 -5 -6 - -7 -7
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Melodic minor...1 2 -3 4 5 6 7
Harmonic minor.1 2 -3 4 5 -6 7
Minor Pentatonic.1 -3 4 5 -7
Minor Blues.......1 -3 4 #4 5 -7
Dorian flat2......1 -2 -3 4 5 6 -7
Dorian #4.........1 2 -3 #4 5 6 -7

Lets next look at our Dominant chords and modes are based on 1,3,-7

Mixolydian.............1 2 3 4 5 6 -7
Mix #11same as(#4)..1 2 3 #4 5 6 -7
Dominant diminished.1 -2 -3 3 #4 5 6 -7
Altered Dominant.....1 -2 -3 3 #4 #5 -7
Alt Dom................1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7
Whole Tone.............1 2 3 #4 #5 -7
Mixolydian flat6........1 2 3 4 5 -6 -7
Phrygian Major.........1 -2 3 4 5 -6 -7

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@MMJ2017 the images from first and second post have been deleted, would you please edit the post and reupload them directily into the posts?

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