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Have you considered examining Jazz scales? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_scale They start with the modes - Ionian

Have you considered examining Jazz scales? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_scale They start with the modes - Ionian, Phrygian, Lydian... - and they were embellished with certain accent notes. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop_scale * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydian_augmented_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydian_augmented_scale * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_dominant_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_dominant_scale * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_scale Many examples in Jazz recording and later classical composers like Debussy and Ravel

showman 12y ago
Good call on these scales. For those who are new to music theory basics, the easy way to remember your Modes is to relate them to their first step. For example. C D E F G A B is a C major scale also known as the IONIAN MODE. Beginning this scale on the 2nd note: D E F G A B C is the Dorian mode. So continue in this ++ manner and get the rest: PHRYGIAN, LYDIAN, MIXOLYDIAN, AEOLIAN (The natural minor scale), and LOCRIAN. These are all "Natural Modes" The significant one here is the 6th Mode or AEOLIAN. That is the minor key enharmonic (using the same notes) as the 1st Mode, our Major Scale. Why is it significant? Because the minor was a target for early composers to modify. Primarily the Melodic Minor and Harmonic Minor are based on the Natural Minor by using accidentals ( sharp notes and flat notes (a modification up or down by a half step)). Once we take our Modified Minor scale and play it starting on each individual scale step, we get our Fancy Jazz Scales. Voila. New Scales. So easy it is criminal. But, for some, very pleasing to the ear.

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Have you considered examining Jazz scales? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_scale They start with the modes - Ionian

by mrcactu5 12y ago

showman 12y ago
Good call on these scales. For those who are new to music theory basics, the easy way to remember your Modes is to relate them to their first step. For example. C D E F G A B is a C major scale also known as the IONIAN MODE. Beginning this scale on the 2nd note: D E F G A B C is the Dorian mode. So continue in this ++ manner and get the rest: PHRYGIAN, LYDIAN, MIXOLYDIAN, AEOLIAN (The natural minor scale), and LOCRIAN. These are all "Natural Modes" The significant one here is the 6th Mode or AEOLIAN. That is the minor key enharmonic (using the same notes) as the 1st Mode, our Major Scale. Why is it significant? Because the minor was a target for early composers to modify. Primarily the Melodic Minor and Harmonic Minor are based on the Natural Minor by using accidentals ( sharp notes and flat notes (a modification up or down by a half step)). Once we take our Modified Minor scale and play it starting on each individual scale step, we get our Fancy Jazz Scales. Voila. New Scales. So easy it is criminal. But, for some, very pleasing to the ear.