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Posted by: MadMax888
I know most of it pretty good. I'm not so sharp with my modes anymore, though.I heard they aren't worth learning anymore.I know the modes pretty well, but I still haven't made the connection: exactly what are they used for?They're scales that produce a different kind of tonality when used. Generally, each is associated with a certain musical mood - for example, Phrygian mode is used a lot in music that we Westerners might register as "Middle Eastern", and Dorian mode is used a lot in modal jazz. Each can be expressed as an eight note scale starting on a different sol-fa pitch: in order, they are Ionian (do-do), Dorian (re-re), Phrygian (mi-mi), Lydian (fa-fa), Mixolydian (so-so), Aeolian (la-la) and Locrian (ti-ti, the only one where the tonic triad makes a diminished chord). Dorian, Phrygian and Aeolian sound like harmonic minor scales; Ionian, Lydian and Mixolydian sound like major scales with some adjustments in the case of the latter two; Locrian sounds harsh and atonal because Western music doesn't use diminished chords very often.
I love modes. :DGood for you, You know music more than I do.
Where did you learn music?
Posted by: karsttheninja99
I think its a complete waste of timeI don't blame you. Jimi Hendrix and The Edge thought the same way.
[Edited on 12.30.2012 7:44 PM PST]