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This is the lesson you will be continuing from the other threat... i will be using sibelius, i am no longer a finale user... but if you want to work with finale then post the midi files and PDF...


We are going to start with basic Modes while we get used to learning keys...

Modes are variated scales that are related to a scale.. depending on the scale and degree of the scale you are in...

a Major scale (tonal) can be studied in many ways..

C major is the best example...

1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (all white keys in a piano)

between C and D there is a whole step.. because C and D share C#...

E to F dont share anything so there is a half step in between..

I guess you know all of this but I want to make sure that is explained well before we go on...

So, a mode would be, if we start a scale from a degree.. lets say the 2nd degree of C is D (or second note of the scale)... so if we start a D scale without changing the key, we would still have C major but starting with D.. that is called D dorian

Dorian would be 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7

notice how we use flat numbers but in classical writing there are no flats, it is just a way of saying that if we had to play a 3rd note starting on D, it would be F... and F is a minor third if we think in D...

this is how it would be if we are in the key of C:

C = C, D, E, F, G, A, B = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Ionian
D = D, E, F, G, A, B, C = 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7 Dorian
E = E, F, G, A, B, C, D = 1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7 Phrygian
F = F, G, A, B, C, D, E = 1, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7 Lydian
G = G, A, B, C, D, E, F = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7 Mixolydian
A = A, B, C, D, E, F, G = 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7 Aoelian
B = B, C, D, E, F, G, A = 1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7 Locrian

dont get confused with scales... a D scale contains F# and C#, so a D mode in C does not contain any accidental...

the circle of fifths are perfect fifth intervals starting with C

so..

C does not have accidentals

the 5th of C is G

G contains F#... how do we know that??

we start by going from C.. so after that... whatever comes after would have an additional note that is previous to the previous note... I know it sounds complicated but it is not

This would be a circle: F, C, G, D,

so, G has a C previous, you dont change that but the previous to the previous would be F... so now you need an F#

so, D, has a G previous, we dont change that but the previous to the previous would be C, so now we add F# and C#... and so on..

Circle of fifths:

C (___)
G (F#)
D (F#, C#)
A (F#, C#, G#)
E (F#, C#, G#, D#)
B (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#)
F# (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#)
C# (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#)

right now i want you to focus on the circle of fiths and later on we will work on 4ths..

learn the circle of fifths...

so... your assignment would be the next:

I have attached a PDF and .MUS (finale file).. and a MIDI file... check out the PDF first if you cant open it in finale...

in the PDF I use the C scale through the whole circle of fifths... it starts going to C# instead of C when the circle hits D..

I also added what C is as a mode in every tonality (or Key or scale, however you want to call it)

So, write on Midi or Finale, the D scale using it through the whole circle of fifths the same way i did with C major.. and when you are done.. do all the other ones until C#

dont use flats, unless your sequencer dont let you use sharps for some reason.

if you can, write here or anywhere else, what function is the scale doing

example D in the key of G would be the fifth degree, therefor it should be called a D mixolydian

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