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MODES - Iriarte chapter 1
- Also called Scales.
- Aa way to organize musical notes to create melodies.
- Originated in ancient Greece to tune the "lyre" - a 7 stringed instrument.
- Ancient modes were named for different ethnic groups and tribes.
- Middle ages Gregorian chants were based on ancient Greek modes but with different tonal arrangements.
- Traditional modes all but disappeared with the advent of Western major and minor scales.
SEVEN MODERN MODES - Iriarte chapter 2
- Modern modes use the ancient Greek mode names: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian
- Sounds to NOT correspond to the ancient music.
- Important concepts are:
- Tonic note is "home base" - example: Do-Re-Mi major scale (starting on middle C of the piano).
- Our ear "wants" the melody to end on the tonic note or the Do
- The note(s) that differ(s) from the Ionian (Do-Re-Me mode sound) is (are) the characteristic sound(s) of teach different mode.
- Become familiar with the "sound" of each mode.