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L 11 Modes and Non- Western Scales

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L 11 Modes and Non-Western Scales. Modes. Ionian – Major Scale Dorian – 2 nd of Major Scale Phrygian – 3 rd of Major Scale Lydian – 4 th of Major Scale Mixolydian – 5 th of Major Scale Aolian – 6 th of Major Scale (Minor) Locrian – 7 th of Major Scale. Ionian. Major - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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L 11Modes and Non-Western

Scales

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Modes

• Ionian – Major Scale• Dorian – 2nd of Major Scale• Phrygian – 3rd of Major Scale• Lydian – 4th of Major Scale• Mixolydian – 5th of Major Scale• Aolian – 6th of Major Scale (Minor)• Locrian – 7th of Major Scale

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Ionian

• Major

CDEFGABC

Click to listen to Ionian Mode

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Dorian

• Starts on the 2nd of the Major Scale

DEFGABCD

Click to listen to Dorian Mode

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Dorian

• Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles

• Also common in Jazz Tunes and Solos

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Phrygian

• Starts on the 3rd of the Major Scale

EFGABCDE

Click to listen to Phrygian Mode

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Phrygian

• Flamenco Music

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Lydian

• Starts on the 4th of the Major Scale

FGABCDEF

Click to listen to Lydian Mode

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Lydian

• Simpson’s Theme song

• Very common in Jazz Solos

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Mixolydian

• Starts on the 5th of the Major Scale

GABCDEFG

Click to listen to Mixolydian Mode

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Mixolydian

• Norwegian Wood, by the Beatles

• Common in Jazz

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Aolian

• Starts on the 6th of the Major Scale

ABCDEFGA

Click to listen to Aolian Mode

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Aolian

• Typically called “minor” scale• Three forms– Natural Minor – Aolian– Harmonic Minor• Raised 7th – A B C D E F G# A

– Melodic Minor• Raised 6th and 7th Ascending – A B C D E F# G# A• Natural Minor Descending – A G F E D C B A

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Locrian

• Starts on the 7th of the Major Scale

BCDEFGAB

Click to listen to Locrian Mode

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Dorian Mode ExampleFreddie Hubbard’s “Little

Sunflower”

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Blue Grass Mixolydian and AeoleanModes Example

Ryan and Elliot project

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Mixolydian Mode

Instruments

An exception to the Rule

Presented By:

Ryan & Elliot

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MIXOLYDIAN MODE•All bluegrass music with few exceptions is played in the Mixolydian mode•The Mixolydian Mode originally ascended from G to G'

The "G" Mixolydian Mode

NOTE G A B C D E F G

FORMULA Tonic WholeStep

WholeStep

HalfStep

WholeStep

WholeStep

HalfStep

WholeStep

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The “D" Mixolydian Mode

NOTE D E F# G A B C D

FORMULA Tonic WholeStep

WholeStep

HalfStep

WholeStep

WholeStep

HalfStep

WholeStep

•The Mixolydian mode can be played in any note following it’s interval structure

MIXOLYDIAN MODE

•For example, lets construct the D Mixolydian Mode Using this pattern

• State the Tonic • Go up two whole steps • Go up a half step • Go up two more whole steps • Go up one more half step • Go up one more whole step

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INSTRUMENTSAcoustic Bass

Acoustic Guitar

•Tuned to E-A-D-G•Fretless•Played by Plucking or with bow

•Tuned to E-A-D-G-B-E•Played in Flat Picking or Finger Style

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INSTRUMENTSMandolin

Dobro – Resonator Guitar

•Tuned to G-B-D-G-B-D (Open G) •Played with slide and finger Picks•Steel resonator

•Tuned to E-A-D-G •Eight strings set in pairs•F and A style

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Fiddle

Banjo

INSTRUMENTS

•Tuned to E-A-D-G•Played with a bow•Fretless

•Tuned to D-B-G-D-C (open G)•Finger picking•Fifth string mounted halfway down neck•Resonating Chamber Similar to Drum Head

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AN EXEPTION TO THE RULE

•“Dusty Miller” (1966)•Uses Mixolydian & Aeolian Modes•First Part in Aeolian Mode in A scale•Second Part in Mixolydian Mode in G scale

This recording is from The Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza album

Featuring some the best mandolin players of all time

Including: Ricky Skaggs, Ronnie McCoury, David

Grisman, Buck White, Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne and

Frank Wakefield

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SOURCES

•Northwest Bluegrass Mag Onlinehttp://www.nwbn.freeserve.co.uk

•BanjoLin.comhttp://www.banjolin.supanet.com

•Upon Request Productionshttp://urp.home.cyberverse.com/mixolydian.htm

MUSIC BY : Don Reno- Cincinnati Rag BME- Dusty Miller

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Certain scales (in some cases modes) are linked with particular

chords. Would you expect a dominant 7th chord or a major 7th chord to be associated with the Mixolydian

mode?A) major 7th

B) dominant 7th

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Non-Western Scales

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True or false:The Jewish scale is a subset of the

diatonic scale.A) TB) F

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True or false:The Arabian scale is a subset of the

chromatic scale.A) TB) F

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