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Building Blocks: The Modes (Patreon)

Published:
2017-09-25 17:07:53
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2020-05

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Major and minor are great, but they're far from the only scales out there. They don't work for every situation, and in this month's Building Blocks we're looking at some of their most popular replacements, the Modes. Modes are more than just a set of scales, though: They're all deeply connected to the major scale, and they give us some important insights into how that scale (and scales in general) actually work. Plus they just sound really cool!

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Building Blocks: The Modes

Major and minor are great, but they're far from the only scales out there. They don't work for every situation, and in this month's Building Blocks we're looking at some of their most popular replacements, the Modes. Modes are more than just a set of scales, though: They're all deeply connected to the major scale, and they give us some important insights into how that scale (and scales in general) actually work. Plus they just sound really cool! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Merchandise Store: http://12tonevideos.storenvy.com/ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/12tonevideos/ Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com Last: https://youtu.be/-2mrXoQCVsM Scales video: https://youtu.be/5qAZKER0u10 Keys video: https://youtu.be/LU4K0fa6oj4 Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLM6pug_1SyipoYcp02_xbSBSSAKUZPsH0kGEgWblzA/edit?usp=sharing Huge thanks to our gold-level Patreon supporters: Ron Jones Jill Jones Susan Jones Howard Levine Elaine Pratt Ken Arnold Nakarin: https://www.youtube.com/user/jerom09666 Mark Yachnin Gabi Ghita Kaylor Hodges Nicholas Kehonen Joe Mensor William (Bill) Boston Dialup Salesman Nicolas Mendoza Justin Donnell: https://www.youtube.com/user/jsterj1 And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Logan Jones, Eugene Bulkin, Abram Thiessen, Anna Work, Oliver, Jc Bq, Adam Neely, Jon I, nico, David Zahara, Harold Gonzales, Lucas van Loomis, Michael Fieseler, Rick Lees, Ben LaRose, Marc Himmelberger, Chris Borland,rhandhom1, jason black, Dutreuilh Olivier, Scott Lavoie, Olivia Andersson, Jason Mantei, Nick Olman, Daniel Carleton, Joey Strandquist, Daniel Gilchrist, billy roberts, Elliot Burke, Alex Atanasyan, Davis Sprague, Amlor, Miles Strand, PlayTheMind, Noah Quilantan, Greg Borenstein, Tim S., David Tocknell, and Elias Simon! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold and Inés Dawson for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!

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Anonymous

Great primer on modes! I assume that chord functions are ambiguous and up to taste like in the minor scale? It seems hard to write progressions that sound like they lead in a "right" direction.

12tonevideos
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Yeah, for the most part the minor stuff applies just as well here. You can still wring functions out of them (although Dominant can be really hard to find in a lot of cases.) but there's not clear-cut rules like there are in major, and there's also diminished triads popping up in weird places, making things even harder. Modal writing tends not to focus as much on function as it does characteristic sounds (For instance, when I think Dorian the first thing I think of is a Imi-IV vamp.) that aren't quite as directional but showcase the notes that make the mode special.