Tag: Music modes
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From Lydian to Locrian
Seven modes · One shared root From Lydian to Locrian Start with Lydian: a major scale with a raised 4th. Then move down the list, lowering just one scale degree by one semitone at each step. Every other note stays the same. All seven scales below start on C. Keeping the root fixed makes it…
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Music Modes
If you stick with just the white keys on a piano (C major), you can create pretty much any sound or emotion you want. The reason this works depends on the note you start with, or perhaps just as importantly, the note you return to for each musical phrase you create. Here are all the…